Fancy dress - FIDM Museum

Fancy dress - FIDM Museum

4.9
(103)
Write Review
More
$ 18.50
Add to Cart
In stock
Description

Contemporary Halloween celebrations offer an opportunity for young and old to dress in costume, but in the 19th and early 20th century, Halloween was primarily geared towards children. Adults who wanted to dress in costume attended or hosted fancy dress balls. Not connected to a specific holiday, fancy dress balls and parties took place throughout the year and could be small private events or large-scale public fundraisers. Some fancy dress balls were thematic and related to contemporary or historic events while others were more open, simply requiring attendees to come in costume. Unlike the macabre and/or sexy Halloween costumes of today, fancy dress costumes covered a much broader range of topics: historic figures, works of art, pieces of furniture, natural phenomena, animals and popular novels or plays. Suggested costumes were published in fashion periodicals and in descriptive manuals. The fancy dress featured below represents an undetermined character, though it might represent a gypsy or fortune-teller. Fancy dress costumec. 1883-87Swan & EdgarGift of Helen Larson Estate2001.31.15AB  

FIDM Museum's Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibit 2020

Nick Verreos: FIDM MUSEUM.Opening Night FIDM Museum 27th Art of

See FIDM TV costume exhibit of 'Game of Thrones,' more – Daily News

FIDM Museum Art of Costume Design Exhibit 2023, Photos

ASU FIDM Museum - Last chance to see *Sporting Fashion: Outdoor

Art of Costume Design in Film Exhibit Opens at FIDM in Los Angeles

FIDM Museum's Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibit 2020

Dune' and 'West Side Story' Designers Discuss New FIDM Movie

Pin on FIDM Museum & Library

FIDM Museum opens exhibit with TV show costumes - Beverly Press

FIDM Museum's Art of Motion Picture Costume Design Exhibit 2020