fripperies & fobs
for the sartorially obsessed

Mourning dress, 1912

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dress ca. 1890’s
From the Mint Museum

Dress ca. 1890’s

From the Mint Museum

Dress worn by Livy Twain, wife of Mark Twain, ca. 1882
From the Mark Twain House and Museum

Dress worn by Livy Twain, wife of Mark Twain, ca. 1882

From the Mark Twain House and Museum

Abraham & Straus mourning cape, 185-1900
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Abraham & Straus mourning cape, 185-1900

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dress ca. 1900
From Thierry de Maigret

Dress ca. 1900

From Thierry de Maigret

Gown worn by Queen Victoria ca. 1897
From the Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection via the FIDM Museum Blog

Gown worn by Queen Victoria ca. 1897

From the Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection via the FIDM Museum Blog

Costume design by Anthony Holland for Margaret Lockwood in the 1965 production of An Ideal Husband.
From the V&A

Costume design by Anthony Holland for Margaret Lockwood in the 1965 production of An Ideal Husband.

From the V&A

Mourning dress, 1890
From the Swiss Museum of Fashion

Mourning dress, 1890

From the Swiss Museum of Fashion

Mourning dress, 1872-74

From the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Dress ca. 1900
From the Minnesota Historical Society

Dress ca. 1900

From the Minnesota Historical Society