Victorian Secret

omgthatdress:

Suit

1760

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

thecivilwarparlor:

From Slavery To The US House of Representatives-Representing South Carolina-He Became A Naval Hero at The Same Time He Freed Himself and His Family in May 1862

Robert Smalls was born a slave in South Carolina. During the Civil War, Smalls steered the CSS Planter, an armed Confederate military transport. On May 12, 1862, the Planter’s three white officers decided to spend the night ashore. About 3 am, Smalls and seven of the eight enslaved crewmen decided to make a run for the Union vessels that formed the blockade, as they had earlier planned. Smalls dressed in the captain’s uniform and had a straw hat similar to that of the white captain. The Planter stopped at a nearby wharf to pick up Smalls’ family and the relatives of other crewmen, then they sailed toward Union lines, with a white sheet as a flag. After the war, he went on to serve in the United States House of Representatives, representing South Carolina. (LOC)

Photo: Library of Congress description: “Robert Smalls, S.C. M.C. Born in Beaufort, SC, April 1839”.

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t-r-e-m-0-r:

The Great Gatsby Collection from The Brooks Brothers

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rougeatre:

The Gatsby Collection

Yes please.

I’ll be done reblogging sets from this collection soon, I swear. But seriously.

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lostsplendor:

Brooks Brothers Launches The Great Gatsby Collection 

Photograph Selection via The Gatsby Collection (via Brooks Brothers)

While it’s not my preferred era, I am absolutely smitten with everything in this collection.

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evolutionofagentleman:

Brooks Brothers Great Gatsby collection. Accessories..

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hazor:

Édouard Boubat

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the-garden-of-delights:

“The Love Letter” by Jules Girardet (1856-1938).

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oldbookillustrations:

Men’s wear (1830-1848). Suits by Humann, canes by Verdier, hats by Jay.

From Le romantisme et la mode (Romanticism and fashion), by Louis Maigron, Paris, 1911.

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