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Creator: Modes de Paris

Date: 1883, circa

French fashion plate, 1883

Creator: Franklin Simon & Co.

Date: 1912 (circa)

Dress of light tan silk and lace with rhinestones and beading; many layers; bodice has 8.75 inch wide tan lace pieces that are draped over each shoulder from the waist in front to the waist in the back; asymmetrical bodice overlay in front and back…

Date: 1888

Listed in their 1888-9 catalog at 765-767 & 769 Broadway, Cor. 9th Street, New York, NY

Date: 2014-11-17

Four students from the History of Fashion class pose in full costume during a visit to the Vassar College Costume Collection for "Trying on History"

Date: 2013-05-23 to 2013-06-09

The spring 2013 historic clothing exhibition at Vassar College was entitled "For Better and For Worse: Sixteen Decades of Wedding Wear at Vassar," and was curated by Arden Kirkland (VC Class of 1993) and Faculty Emeritus Holly K. Hummel,

In 2007,…

floral print silk dress

A mainly olive colored silk collar with multi-toned green leaf embroidery and multi-toned pink circle flower embroidery. Gold thread details on leaves and flowers and in border of piece (also green). Border and embroidery both hand sewn. Clean edges.…

floral dress w/matching floral wrap; pink, blue, green, tan, and white floral silk chiffon, silver tone metal snaps; bias-cut silhouette; dress: floor length, cowl-neck front, deep V-neck in back, piping trim at neckline and sleeves, sleeveless, left…

floral dress; black, pink, green, blue, purple, and off-white floral silk crepe, black metal snaps; bias-cut silhouette, ankle length, high waisted bodice, sleeveless, piping trim at neckline and armscye, wide ruffled cape collar is attached on one…

Creator: Liberty & Co.

Floral Chinese Silk Collar; floral Chinese silk collar (white jacquard with red, pink, green, yellow, blue, gray, peach, black, teal floral embroidery), 2 strips sewn together to make one piece

Floral beaded purse with cord handle; tan cotton backing, black cord handle, colorful glass beads (navy, blue, pink, yellow, white, green) in a floral design

Creator: Alix of Miami

Floral Bathing ensemble; floral colorful silk (white, green, blue, yellow, pink, gray)

a) top - open blouse, button at collar, pointed collar, pocket at either side of bottom, folded up 3/4 sleeve

b) skirt - wrap around pencil skirt with pleats…

cream / fawn shawl, cream floral embroidery, long fringe around edges