Reform dress

This gown would have been worn as a 'tea gown', as an informal 'at home' dress for the late afternoon, or even as a simple dinner dress. In 1884 Liberty's had opened a dress department under the guidance of the designer E. W. Godwin. He was a member of the Aesthetic Movement, which favoured 'artistic' dress for women based on classical, medieval, Pre-Raphaelite and Renaissance clothing. The gown is close to Walter Crane's designs for Aesthetic dress in Aglaeia, the journal of the Healthy and…

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Tea gown of silk velvet, embroidered with coloured silks, England, 1895-1900

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photo by madame d'ora with gustave klimt in summer dress, 1907 at lake atter, autochrome by lumiere, ca. 191...

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