How to Get Downton Abbey Style for Today (via Bramblewood Fashion: Downton Abbey Style for Today)
Basic table manners:
- Elbows off the table.
- Napkin in the lap.
- Cut the food with the knife in your dominant hand and then switch hands so you eat the food with the fork in your dominant hand.
- Cell phones- whether it be texting, emails, or phone calls, are never to be used at the table….
Halston dress ca. 1973 via The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
A sketch of Grace Kelly’s wedding dress by Helen Rose
Christian Dior “Vilmiron” dress ca. 1952 via The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Christian Dior dinner ensemble ca. 1949 via The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dress ca. 1881 via The Costume Instititute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dress ca. 1873 via The McCord Museum
Little Black Dresses - Vogue September 1942
Carolyn Schnurer “Rice Bowl Dress” ca. 1952 via The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
1850s dress via The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
1950s dress via Timeless Vixen Vintage
1950s dress via Timeless Vixen Vintage
