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Evolution of a Van Dyck | The HuntingtonA major U.S. exhibition on Flemish master portrait artist Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641) opens today at New York’s Frick Collection. The Huntington has its own van Dyck story to tell. At its center is the artist’s beautiful full-length painting Anne (Killigrew) Kirke
1660s FashionLustrous silk. In the 1630s dresses were made of light-colored silk satins that shimmered in the candlelight. The high-waisted styles often had a low-cut bodice edged with costly lace, which matched the lace on the separate cuffs.
Dark blue 1630s dressActually it was the second one I ever made, right after the red one. Dunno why I never mentioned it here. It's already served its purpose very well several times. Here I went from the original design (that I wasn't too content with) to the design that's closer to the actual look of 1630s dresses. I altered the pattern to this trusty one that closes with hooks and eyes below the bust and has the typical flaps round the high waist. Only here I hadn't discovered yet that actually the skirt…
Studio of Sir Anthony van Dyck (Antwerp 1599-1641 London) , Portrait of a lady, full-length, in a white satin dress, a liveried page-boy holding a bowl of roses at her side, a draped pillar and…Portrait of a lady, full-length, in a white satin dress, a liveried page-boy holding a bowl of roses at her side, a draped pillar and landscape beyond
In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion @ Queen's GalleryReview of The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion at the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, July 2013.
1630s FashionHigh waist. By the end of the 1630s women’s dress throughout Europe was high waisted. Here, the green silk separate boned bodice has deep tabs, the middle one a curved pointed shape, and is worn over a ruby-red silk skirt.
"Portrait of a Young Lady" by Gerard ter Bonch, 1665-1670Explore Heather_Koslov's 1413 photos on Flickr!
Historical Military ClothingThe colours of the clothes were strong and dark. Long and curly hair was very stylish during the baroque era, but since everybody couldn't grow such thick lion like hair people wore whigs. Whigs became smaller as time went by and went completely out of fashion in the beginning of the 17th century.
In Fine Style: The Art of Tudor and Stuart Fashion : The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham PalaceChanging Fashions, 1630's: Key elements of costume change of the era pictured here. [To download the PDF: http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/sites/royalcollection.org.uk/files/tudor_panel_1630s_a1.pdf]
1630 Lady Bowes, wife ofr Sir Thomas Bowes by English school1630 Lady Bowes, wife ofr Sir Thomas Bowes by English school (Royal Collection). From pinterest.com/evs1978/french-fashion/.
ca. Elizabeth Howard, 1st Countess of Peterborough (1603-71) by Sir Anthonis van Dyckca. Elizabeth Howard, 1st Countess of Peterborough (1603-71) by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University - Oxford, South East England, UK). From Rex Harris' photostream on flickr
1630s Petticoat Plans (CoBloWriMo #27)With the stays all done and dusted, it is time to plan ahead. A matching under-petticoat will be next. Since I am not very eager on making a farthingale of any kind, I have chosen to go with a 1630…
ca. 1638 Isabella, Lady de la Warr by Sir Anthonis van Dyckca. 1638 Isabella, Lady de la Warr by Sir Anthonis van Dyck (Museum of Fine Arts Boston - Boston, Massachusetts, USA). From postonglobe.com/2012/10/19/photos-renovation-mfa-koch-gallery/nAfcCABAVsalTPa6r00MXP/story.html?pic=7; enlarged by half.
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1630s Fashion MenWide collar. Deep, scallop-edged lace collars covering the shoulders were fashionable for both men and women in the mid-1630s. Often made of, or decorated with, Flemish bobbin lace, the collars were worked by hand in the finest linen threads.
1635 Emilia Papafava Borromeo by Tiberio Tinelli1635 Emilia Papafava Borromeo by Tiberio Tinelli (Musei Civici di Padova - Padova, Veneto, Italy). From history-of-fashion.tumblr.com/image/665914503307886592 910X1753 @72 594kj.