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I Photograph Models Wearing 200 Year Old Dresses To Create Hauntingly Beautiful Images
I've always wanted to travel back in time: where fashion was elaborate, unique, and built to last.
Unfortunately for me, time travel machines aren't real.
Luckily for me, victorian dresses were truly built to last, allowing me to at least pretend to travel back in time.
My obsession with old things gets stronger every year. When I was 16, I collected vintage dresses from the 70s. When I was 20, I started collecting 100 year old film cameras and fixing them up. I'm now 22, and I've started collecting dresses as old as nearly 200 years!
You may ask: "Should something that old even be worn? Isn't it disintegrating into dust by now?" The answer to that is - it depends on the dress! I have a few wool and silk dresses that are in remarkable shape. Consumer culture back then was a lot different, and dresses were supposed to last a lifetime (clearly - they were made to last many lifetimes!).
Anyway - enjoy the victorian revival art!
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#1
1890s Mourning Gown
Final score:
44points
Biliegh they/them 2 years ago
Really curious as to why the choice was made on most of these to have the background blend with dress and subject?
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#2
1890s Mourning Gown
Final score:
34points
#3
1870s Wool Walking Suit
Final score:
33points
#4
1890s Mourning Gown
Final score:
33points
Mari Mar Pinta 2 years ago
Gosh she is just absolutely beautiful... her face, her hair... her skin... she looks like a doll!
#5
1890s Mourning Gown
Final score:
30points
#6
1890s Two Piece Dress
Final score:
30points
#7
1840s Gown
Final score:
28points
Mari Mar Pinta 2 years ago
Oh THAT whole Lizzy vibe is very present in this picture! Now where is Mr. Darcy? And how about her hair?!
#9
1870s Wool Walking Suit
Final score:
27points
#12
1890s Two Piece Dress
Final score:
20points
Isabel Malia (Submission author) 2 years ago
It's actually just water!! The editing made it look much worse than it was haha - there's also a HUGE ink stain down the front of this dress so it was acquired in less than perfect shape haha!
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#13
1870s Wool Walking Suit
Final score:
18points
#15
1890s Mourning Gown
Final score:
17points
#16
1890s Mourning Gown
Final score:
16points
#17
1870s Wool Walking Suit
Final score:
16points
#19
1890s Two Piece Dress
Final score:
13points
#20
1870s Wool Walking Suit
Final score:
12points
Barbara Greaney 2 years ago
It would be nice if the photographer actually showed the cut and style of the dresses
Isabel Malia (Submission author) 2 years ago
You can see lots of pictures of the "cut and style" of this dress (and all the others) on my instagram! I have many many posts about them!
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panda_bored 2 years ago
Great photography, but I was looking for more than 3 dresses 😅 Awesome work anyway!
Isabel Malia (Post author) 2 years ago
Haha apologies, my bank account limited how many I can have at once XD lol!
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Ly Nguyen 2 years ago
Nice photography but I can’t get past the dresses. They were so wrinkled and it looked like the models were wearing modern undergarments which made the dresses not fit right. Dresses from this era were masters of construction and illusion, very structured and padded to produce a smooth, fashionable silhouette, and it just looks ill fitting and in need of a steam here
Isabel Malia (Post author) 2 years ago
Nobody is forcing you to look at them lmao
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panda_bored 2 years ago
Great photography, but I was looking for more than 3 dresses 😅 Awesome work anyway!
Isabel Malia (Post author) 2 years ago
Haha apologies, my bank account limited how many I can have at once XD lol!
Load More Replies... Ly Nguyen 2 years ago
Nice photography but I can’t get past the dresses. They were so wrinkled and it looked like the models were wearing modern undergarments which made the dresses not fit right. Dresses from this era were masters of construction and illusion, very structured and padded to produce a smooth, fashionable silhouette, and it just looks ill fitting and in need of a steam here
Isabel Malia (Post author) 2 years ago
Nobody is forcing you to look at them lmao
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