Worn On This Day

Worn #onthisday in 1915 by Olive Booth at her #wedding to Dr. Sydney Jones in Balmain, Australia: a duchesse satin gown with a Limerick lace tunic and an embroidered court train. Tragically she died 18 months later from complications following the birth of their daughter. 📷 Canberra Museum & Gallery

Jaguar-print suit and hat worn #onthisday in 1966 by Barbra Striesand (sitting in front of Richard Avedon) at Coco Chanel's couture show in Paris, France. It was reported that she borrowed her black tie from her husband, Elliott Gould, and wore a silk shirt made by his tailor. #OTD @gettyimages.com

Worn #onthisday in 1968 by hostesses preparing for the Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. French singer and fashion icon Sylvie Vartan styled their uniforms: a knitted hat, a Chapal rabbit fur vest by Chombert, 2 turtlenecks, tapered trousers, and boots. #OTD 📷 Olympic Museum, @gettyimages.comb

Heeled shoes worn #onthisday in 1649 by King Charles I on the day of his execution, which he called "my second marriage day." The original black silk overlay has disintegrated, revealing the linen ground. The crossover latchets would have been fastened with decorative buckles. #OTD 📷 Bonhams

Women's Police Service uniforms worn #onthisday in 1934 by Inspector Helen Tagart and her partner, Chief Mary Sophia Allen, leaving London for Berlin to meet Adolf Hitler. Allen, a champion of Hitler and the British Union of Fascists, was later removed from her voluntary position. #OTD 📷 NPG London

Worn #onthisday in 1924 by the British curling team at the Winter Olympics in Chamonix, France. While most Olympians did not yet wear uniforms, a Union Jack patch on the left sleeve identifies team members. The British team won the curling competition and placed third overall. #OTD @gettyimages.com

Lace blouse and breeches worn #onthisday in 1906 by Miss Kemp, the "champion lady rough-rider," at the "Boys from the Bush" horsemanship exhibition in Brisbane, Australia. 📷 State Library of Queensland

Worn #onthisday in 1924 by Henrietta Akers at her church #wedding to L. Gordon Campbell in London. Claire of Connaught Place made the beaded white satin bodice and gown, worn "with a train of net and old family lace," a veil, and an orange-blossom wreath, per the @telegraph.co.uk. #OTD 📷 V&A Museum

Historic costumes worn #onthisday in 1941 by Chinese actors rehearsing a play based on the tale of Mulan, to be performed as part of the upcoming Lunar New Year celebrations in Los Angeles, CA. #OTD @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social

Worn #onthisday in 1975 by Dr. Donald Coggan at his enthronement as the 101st Archbishop of Canterbury in Canterbury, UK. His new mitre, stole, and cope bearing the coats of arms of places with which he had been associated were gifts from the Dean and Chapter of York Minster. #OTD @gettyimages.com

Worn #onthisday in 1906 by Hilda Sarah Black at her #wedding to the Rev. Louis Carter Jonas in Harrow on the Hill, UK. The cream satin bodice and skirt trimmed with chiffon, machine lace, and artificial flowers are labeled "Doré, Gowns and Ladies Tailor, Harrow." #OTD @nationaltrust.org.uk

Hats and muffs worn #onthisday in 1931 by bridesmaids at the church #wedding of Terence Wheatley and Ena Cadbury-Brown in London. Per the @telegraph.co.uk, the bride wore "a gown of white net, the full skirt of which was decorated with pearl and diamante embroidery." #OTD @gettyimages.com

Worn #onthisday in 1957 by Bess Boggs, wife of Delaware Governor J. Caleb Boggs, to President Dwight D. Eisenhower's second Inaugural Ball in Washington, DC. The damask gown is in the Delaware state flag's colors of buff and colonial blue. #OTD 📷 Delaware Historical Society/Delaware Public Archives

Rose-white satin gown with petal sleeves and seed-pearl embroidery worn #onthisday in 1941 by Eleanor Roosevelt to her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt's unprecedented 3rd inauguration in Washington, DC. The 22nd Amendment--limiting the president to 2 terms--was ratified in 1951. #OTD 📷 NMAH

Worn #onthisday in 1927 by Nancy Hollick at her church #wedding to Capt. H. G. Alymer in London. The Daily Mirror reported: "There is a tendency with modern brides to dispense altogether with bridal white. . . . She wore gold lace over peach taffeta with a gold train." #OTD 📷 NPG London

Silk taffeta gown worn #onthisday in 1854 as a "next day dress" by Anna Forgey following her wedding to Robert W. Orr the previous day in Columbus, OH. Tartan became highly fashionable after Prince Albert purchased the Balmoral estate for Queen Victoria in 1852. #OTD 📷 Kent State University Museum

Pintucked ivory satin gown worn #onthisday in 1940 by Beatrice Welch at her #wedding to Robert Newlands in Akaroa, New Zealand. It was purchased from the T. J. Armstrong & Co. department store in Christchurch. #OTD 📷 Te Papa

Worn #onthisday in 1938 by Benny Goodman and his Swing Orchestra when they became the first jazz musicians (and the first integrated band) to play Carnegie Hall in New York, NY. Goodman, a tailor's son, donned white tie for "the cold and formal air of the concert hall," as the @nytimes put it. #OTD

Worn #onthisday in 1952 by Cynthia Rawlins at her church wedding to Homer Teafatiller in Pasadena, CA: a white satin gown and her godmother's Juliet cap of heirloom lace with a full-length illusion veil. Her bridesmaids wore blue satin and matching velvet tricorn hats. #OTD @usclibraries.bsky.social

Worn #onthisday in 1932 by Crown Prince Asfaw Wossen of Ethiopia, 16, later Emperor Amha Selassie I, in London on a European tour. He wears a short cape called a kaba over "the tight-fitting white silk trousers and tunic which...capitvated Paris," the Western Daily Press reported. #OTD 📷 NPG London

Swimsuits worn #onthisday in 1939--dubbed "Black Friday"--by locals helping exhausted firemen in Sydney, Australia, as bush fires ravaged New South Wales and Victoria. At the time, it was the hottest day on record in New South Wales and the deadliest bush fire in Australian history, killing 71. #OTD

Worn #onthisday in 1954 by Queen Elizabeth II to the State Opening of Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand. She re-wore the embroidered white satin gown--designed by Norman Hartnell for her June 1953 coronation--six times, packing it on state visits to Australia, Sri Lanka, and Canada. #OTD 📷 RCT

Worn #onthisday in 1967 by Keith Richards at a press conference in Green Park, London, held the day before the Rolling Stones departed for New York to appear on The Ed Sullivan Show, where they performed a censored version of their controversial new single “Let’s Spend The Night Together." #OTD

Worn #onthisday in 1888 by Mary Louise Hoffman at her #wedding to Rev. Thomas W. Nickerson at Trinity Chapel in New York, NY. Per The Herald, the gown "of white satin" was "trimmed elaborately with pearls. The corsage was v-shaped, and she wore pearls around her neck." #OTD 📷 New Canaan Museum

Jeanne Lanvin gown worn #onthisday in 1941 by Alice Broughton to the inaugural ball for her husband, North Carolina Governor J. Melville Broughton, in Raleigh, NC. The white silk chiffon gown is accented with rhinestones and brooches. #OTD @ncmuseumhistory.bsky.social

Worn #onthisday in 1927 by the Marchioness de Villavieja, described as Spain's best-dressed woman, on a shopping expedition in London, where she stayed at Claridge's before moving on to Paris. #OTD @europeana.bsky.social

Worn #onthisday in 1931 by surfers in Sydney, Australia. The sport was introduced to Australia in 1915 when Hawaiian sufer Duke Kahanamoku visited Sydney. January is the middle of summer in the Southern Hemisphere. #OTD @gettyimages.com

Trump hats, face masks, and Marvel-inspired "MAGA: Civil War" shirts dated "January 6, 2021" worn #onthisday in 2021 by members of the violent mob that stormed the US Capitol. The shirts and others like them were widely cited as evidence that the traitors planned their deadly attack in advance. #OTD

Worn #onthisday in 2023 by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re at Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's funeral in Vatican City. He chose the chasuble decorated with grapes, vines, and leaves because the late pontiff had said he wanted to be "a humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord." #OTD @gettyimages.com

Worn #onthisday in 1974 by Vice President Gerald Ford and his ski instructor Dennis Hoeger in Vail, CO. Ford had bought a winter home in the developing ski town in 1970; the onetime college football star took up skiing while attending Yale Law School in the late 1930s. #OTD