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Dress at Sea

Philadelphia-born Titanic survivor Charlotte Drake Martinez Cardeza is best known as the woman whose 14 steamer trunks were full of fashionable frocks, hats, shoes, furs and jewelry. Of course, all that regalia went down with the ship... Titanica! Mon, 15 Aug 2022...

Hello, Judging by pictures of Bruce Ismay, he appears to be wearing mostly double-breasted clothing, is there a reason for this aside from personal preference? It also looks like he liked albert chains that are pulled tight as opposed to draped across.

Lucile: Fashion. Titanic. Scandal

Hello all! I am curious about dinner attire. From my understanding, it was customary for men to wear hats and gloves most of the time during this period, removing gloves to eat. Would most of the men at dinner in First Class be wearing hats? In the scene in Titanic (1997), there isn't a hat in...

Hello friends, My name is Fasahat Hood. I am new to this online community. I am a fashion designer by proffesion. I am here to know latest fashion updates.] Thanks Fasahat Hood

Thought this link might be of some interest to you. I'd actually recommend this website for lots of useful bits and pieces of information and articles to do with the Victorian - Edwardian era. http://www.victorianamagazine.com/edwardian/edwardianclothing.html [Moderator's Note: This post...

I have notice in clothes stores when i'm going shopping that 1912 fashion is popping back in to fashion these days. Corsets once only worn by our grandmother's are actually being sold to our generation of females and those cap men hats that only our grandfather's use to wear,are now classed as...

I've always wondered-who in fashion influenced Lady Duff-Gordon, and who did she influence? Was the great Hollywood fashion designer Edith Head in any way influenced by Lady Duff-Gordon's designs?

I was reading about Peter Pan the other day, and it mentioned something I didn't know about the Edwardian Era. It said that children, in this particular case, boys, wore pinafores until they achieved a ripe old age of 5 or so. I have looked up pinafore online, but it only mentioned it for...

Here's a fun photo in the NY Times store of people strolling along 5th Avenue. A little before 1912, I think. Perhaps some of these merry folk were on their way to lunch with young Mr. and Mrs. Cummings who just relocated from Boston, or with JJ and the first Mrs. Astor...

I thought I would jump in at the deep end and start my very own thread. It is on the specific subject of actual descriptions and pictures of what people were wearing on the ship, or at the time it sank. I know there is some discussion elsewhere, but it seems easier to start a new thread, and...

I wasn't certain where to put this so I decided here if not move it.She has two books one is The Edwardian Modiste: 85 Authentic Patterns With Instructions, Fashion Plates, and Period Sewing Techniques and the other The Voice of Fashion: 79 Turn-Of-The Century Patterns With...

Hi Everyone, Japanese fashion is looking very Victorian. My husband actually found this site. Hey, he gets his Japanese web-sites... I get my ET! http://www.victorianmaiden.com/

For anyone who is interested FIT will be having an exhibition entitled "Designing the It Girl: Lucile and Her Style" from March 1 - April 16, 2005. Highlighting pieces from the collection of the Museum at FIT as well as Lucile's extensive archives housed in the Gladys Marcus Library's Special...

Here's one of the syndicated AP articles about the 90th anniversary of Women's Wear Daily, the so-called "bible" of NY's fashion industry, which is celebrating with a special retrospective edition available through October 16. Both Lady Duff Gordon and WWD's own Edith Rosenbaum are featured...

I'd like to know where i can find something on the fashion on Titanic? Can anyone help me out?