History Of Fashion - Episode 1: The Beginning

In this episode, Vintage2Versace's John Knight explores the fashions of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the iconic Madame X dress and the pioneering work of Paul Poiret and Mariano Fortuny. Please subscribe for a new episode every Saturday.
Film by MASON MELLINS for Vintage2Versace.

[@WHITERAGS]

Hair, makeup etc should be contemporary with fashions

[@blakemcnamara9105]

I feel like the models should have had their hair, makeup, and shoes also in the time period being discussed.

[@nycp1969]

The presenter made a mistake. He said the first dress is modeled after a dress in a Sargent painting from 1894. It was actually from 1884. The bustle was in fashion in the 1870s and 1880s, but not the 1890s.

[@bethanyday3471]

...yea he made a few mistakes.

[@avismoon]

I love how you explain.

[@rosieHolliday5887]

That first black dress was incredible 😍

[@MyTeenLifeLoLTV]

Thank you so much for posting this!!♡♡

[@MarcoTalon27]

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[@vitaliasun6495]

short, clear and interesting!

[@Esen99153]

This video is as elegant as the clothing.

[@deborahharris2962]

I love the last dress.

[@Norahpaws]

You missed the iconic Gibson girl

[@loulaboulette9089]

This is great !!!❤❤

[@jadajohnson5733]

Thanks! I've been searching for a video like this

[@sternenregen5489]

Very nice presentation of fashion!

[@tracylunos3763]

I wish you could do more....

[@marlonpayne5554]

Knowledge is key, thank you.

[@h.l.asolomonov7674]

I loved the black dress of 1894 dress the end of an era and inspired the 20th century

[@JaesadaSrisuk]

Is that THE plunging black evening gown portrayed in Sargent's "Madame X"? If so, that is such a landmark, even infamous moment in art and fashion history. Is it in your private collection or is it in a museum's?

[@BB-or8gi]

Justice J. Srisuk It's a modern dress inspired by the painting. That original would have to have been supported by a host of supportive underpinnings, namely a corset and a cage bustle, a series of petticoats with hooks and loops to hold parts of the train. The neckline of the dress in this video is VERY modern, in that it would have had much more support and coverage in the original due to boning and its cut. This modern is almost Elvira lol

[@JaesadaSrisuk]

Whether it be a recreation inspired by the Sargent painting, or the real thing - it's a beautiful garment, wither way! Great video!

[@claudeusgothicus6453]

@@BB-or8gi - “Heavily boned, the cuirass had a plunging neckline and came to a deep, sharp point over the crotch. ‘Though the cuirass would have had some kind of lining to soak up sweat, the model would not have been wearing any underwear,’ said Valerie Steele, director of the museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, and that would have been scandalous”

[@monalisamurmu]

This was brilliant! Thank you.

[@amayarenobscure7673]

This was so enjoyable and useful! Thank you very much 🌸

[@paticalamaro]

I was looking for sthg like this, brilliantly explained. Congrats!

[@aidennguyen5269]

I adore this

[@ningwamakandangwa9908]

Thankyou so much for this kind of video

[@pickledshoe]

fantastic!

[@badarock177]

Beautiful!

[@lenakostenko180]

Nice, nice, nice!!

[@catvalentine4317]

Thank you, this is lovely :)

[@Jazzinthedark84]

Would the first dress have been worn with the bare back exposed or would the woman have worn something under it?

[@Roos1221]

Thanks a lot.. I really enjoyed 🌹❤️

[@aljowharahnaif1960]

Thanks for you, I'm enjoyed

[@nosoyheineken]

are the shoes the wrong side around??

[@SimplyChartastic]

Lovely

[@littlevintagemary337]

please make more oh my gosh...

[@bakekok4205]

supeeeeerb

[@168vfk]

That first dress’s neckline seems very scandalous.

[@nooffensemeantbut1597]

Am I the only one who gets here by scanning the QR code in a book?

[@catvalentine4317]

Cool, which one? :)

[@capital_coyote9076]

If you call yourself a fashion historian and pronounce “empire” like that (when talking about waistlines 1790 and forward) than you lose my respect.

[@Llynnyia]

I have so enjoyed this, thank you!