“If one bow is good, then five must be better.” Another color dress, with butterfly fabric, no less

Of course, that doesn’t mean I can condone the color dresses

Poster advertising the Nasunogahara Museum’s exhibition of Meiji-era ukiyo-e

innervoice-chan: yeah, isn’t that an interesting part of Meiji history? If you’re interested in Rokumeikan fashion, Liza Dalby’s Kimono has some paragraphs about how it affected the transition to Western-style clothing (and then how there was a backlash against it)

Two gowns by Paul Poiret

Models in Rokumeikan style

Great series about the costumes of Mad Men — I don’t even watch it, but now I want to

1882 wedding dress

1887 fashion plate