victorian – secretive dreams

Day Dress

1886-1887

FIDM Museum

Vittorio Corcos | La contessa Carolina Sommaruga Maraini (detail) | 1901

Georges-Marie-Julien Girardot, Les révérences à la lune (Crépuscule), 1890

I’m guessing this 1877 dress from the Met was one of Kate Hawley’s inspirations for Jessica Chastain’s gorgeous red gown in Crimson Peak.

Dress ca. 1890

From the Musée du Costume et du Textile du Québec

Abandoned Victorian Style Greenhouse, Villa Maria, in northern Italy near Lake Como. Photo taken in 1985 by Friedhelm Thomas

Worth evening cape, 1898-1900

From the Musée Galliera via Bal Harbour Shops

Edgar Degas, Madame Camus with a Fan, 1870

Saturnina Canaleta de Girona (detail), Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, 1856

Treasures at the Pratt: Locks of Edgar Allan Poe’s hair