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Halloween treat: Fancy Dresses Described by Ardern Holt, 1887

Fancy Dresses Described; or, What to Wear at Fancy Balls is a 19th century fancy dress manual, filled with creative, sometimes surprising, fancy dress costumes. Basket of daffodils, a pack of cards, the Suez Canal, a comet, and the eighteenth-century are just... Read Article ››

Moschino Couture! evening gown, 1992

Made of rainbow-hued silk satin, this Moschino Couture! evening gown was worn to an early 1990s costume ball. Though we have few details about the event, if all the costumes were this eye-catching, it was surely a splendid evening. Any guesses as to the... Read Article ››

From the Archives: Fancy dress costume, 1883-87

Halloween is next week! Will you be dressing up? For those of you who need a little costume inspiration, we offer you this post on an 1880s fancy dress costume in our collection. First posted in 2009, it's one of our most popular blog posts. Read through... Read Article ››

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Contemporary Halloween celebrations offer an opportunity for young and old to dress in costume, but in the 19th and early 20th century, Halloween was primarily geared towards children. Adults who wanted to dress in costume attended or hosted fancy dress... Read Article ››

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Halloween treat: Fancy Dresses Described by Ardern Holt, 1887

Moschino Couture! evening gown, 1992

From the Archives: Fancy dress costume, 1883-87

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