fripperies & fobs
for the sartorially obsessed
Dress of Catherine I, 1724
From the Kremlin via gogmsite

Dress of Catherine I, 1724

From the Kremlin via gogmsite

Officer’s dress of Catherine the Great, late 18th century
From Tsarskoye Selo 

Officer’s dress of Catherine the Great, late 18th century

From Tsarskoye Selo 

Russian court dress, second half of 19th century, from the State Hermitage Museum via Museo Nacional de Prado

Russian court dress, second half of 19th century, from the State Hermitage Museum via Museo Nacional de Prado

Russian court dress ca. 1900

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Russian court dress ca. 1900

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Okay, this is pretty fierce-to-death. I would stomp the pavement in this every day.
Postilion’s jacket, 1825-55
From the Moscow Kremlin Museums via the V&A

Okay, this is pretty fierce-to-death. I would stomp the pavement in this every day.

Postilion’s jacket, 1825-55

From the Moscow Kremlin Museums via the V&A

(Source: royallyclinton)

Court dress of Empress Maria Fyodorovna, 1780’s
From the State Hermitage Museum

Court dress of Empress Maria Fyodorovna, 1780’s

From the State Hermitage Museum

Visiting dress, 1910’s
From the State Hermitage Museum

Visiting dress, 1910’s

From the State Hermitage Museum

Visiting dress, late 1860’s
From the State Hermitage Museum

Visiting dress, late 1860’s

From the State Hermitage Museum