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Victoria Haddock
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Argentine First Lady Eva Perón attended an evening celebrating Spanish folklore in Madrid's Plaza Mayor #OnThisDay in 1947. She was gifted custom-made traditional costumes from each of Spain's fifty provinces, that totalled more than 800 individual items. Museo Larreta collection. #evita
Victoria Haddock
Alexandra Feodorovna, Empress of Russia, was born #OnThisDay in 1872. She was photographed by Gustav William Henry Mullins in August 1894, prior to her marriage to Tsar Nicholas II, wearing this German-made pink silk and chiffon gown. State Hermitage Museum collection. #fashionhistory
Fashion designer Ossie Clark was born #OnThisDay in 1942. With his then wife Celia Birtwell, he designed this printed muslin dress with a triangular opening to the bodice and sprigs of red posies. Birtwell wore it in a 1972 David Hockney sketch. Sold by Kerry Taylor Auctions. #fashionhistory
Fashion designer and businesswoman Jenna Lyons was born #OnThisDay in 1968. She was the executive creative director and president of J.Crew when First Lady Michelle Obama chose this green silk jacquard pencil skirt and embellished cardigan to wear in 2009. @ObamaFoundation #fashionhistory
This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this block-printed satin dress in creams, blues and red, made for Liberty & Co. in 1928. It was worn by Marian Hazel Lasenby with a blue woollen coat for her 1928 wedding to the potter William Moorcroft. V&A collection. #fashionhistory
David Bowie married Iman at St James' Episcopal Church in Florence, Italy, #OnThisDay in 1992. The supermodel bride wore a white, halterneck Hervé Léger bandage gown with a detachable train for the religious ceremony. #fashionhistory
Argentine First Lady Eva Perón arrived in Madrid #OnThisDay in 1947 at the beginning of her European Rainbow Tour. She stepped onto the tarmac at Barajas Airport wearing a tailored woollen suit with a flower on her lapel and a large hat embellished with grosgrain ribbon. #evita
Princess Charlotte of Belgium, who became Empress Carlota of Mexico, was born #OnThisDay in 1840. This c. 1860s pink silk taffeta skirt and bodice with lace sleeves, have been attributed to Carlota. The garments form part of the Museo de Historia, Castillo de Chapultepec collection. #fashionhistory
American actress and singer Judy Garland was born #OnThisDay in 1922. She wore this Helen Rose designed two-piece period skirt suit of light blue wool, embellished with a white appliqué motif, as Susan Bradley in The Harvey Girls (1946). Sold via Christies. #film #costume
Actress Jessica Tandy was born #OnThisDay in 1909. She wore this Irene designed jet black silk faille ensemble, comprising a quilted bodice jacket and an underdress with exposed skirt and bustle, as Louise Kane in The Valley of Decision (1945). Sold by Juliens Auctions. #film #costume
