summertime75:

Maude Fealy (Tuck S 1299)

25th Nov 2011 (6:41 pm) - Reblogged from Then & Now

yeoldefashion:

The Countess di Castiglione caused a scandal by appearing at a 1857 costume ball at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs as The Queen of Hearts, a thinly veiled allusion to the fact the she was currently the mistress of the emperor, Napoleon III.

She was photographed in the costume by Pierre-Louis Pierson several years later, between 1861 and 1863, apparently wishing to preserve the scandal for posterity.

(via notwiselybuttoowell)

1st Nov 2011 (6:25 pm) - Reblogged from Ye Olde Fashion

allrightmrdemille:

Anna Held, via the New York Public Library

(via conventionallyunconventional)

28th Oct 2011 (8:45 pm) - Reblogged from hollywood's cyclops cinderella

summertime75:

 Gabrielle Ray (J. Beagles G 700 Y)

25th Oct 2011 (8:36 pm) - Reblogged from Then & Now

Miss Lily Elsie

25th Oct 2011 (8:34 pm) - Reblogged from Miss Lily Elsie

carolathhabsburg:

Beauty in fancy clothes. Early 1900s.

20th Oct 2011 (4:25 am) - Reblogged from Sex, vintage & Royals

carolathhabsburg:

Victorian stage actress as Hamlet´s Ophelia.

20th Oct 2011 (4:21 am) - Reblogged from Sex, vintage & Royals

treselegant:

Miss Kate Vaughan (1852 - 1903)

English actress and dancer of the 1870s and 80s.

12th Oct 2011 (4:15 am) - Reblogged from Tres Elegant

treselegant:

Miss Mary Anderson , stage actress, 1880s.

Wrapped up for the cold weather in a pretty fringed jacket.

11th Oct 2011 (4:30 am) - Reblogged from Tres Elegant

vintagaea:

I love beaded things so much.

9th Oct 2011 (11:33 am) - Reblogged from MissOctober77