Worn On This Day

If you love winter wedding gowns as much as I do, check out my #WinterWeddingAdventCalendar over on my main: bsky.app/profile/hott...

Worn #onthisday in 1972 by Barbara Davis at her city hall #wedding to Thomas F. Frey in Paris, France. She had purchased the double-knit wool minidress with trompe l'oeil pockets at the Miss Dior boutique the previous month. #OTD @chicagomuseum.bsky.social

#WinterWeddingAdventCalendar Day 1: Silver belle! Actress Ann Todd wore "heavy damask material in pure white, with a pattern of silver clouds" to wed Victor Malcolm in London in December 1933, per the Daily Record. Helene Galin designed the gown and train edged in Todd's grandmother's Limerick lace.

Worn #onthisday in 1905 by a boy's brass band and their leader, J. Milton Smith, in Etna Mills, CA--possibly the one from nearby Yreka. The Siskiyou Daily News had praised it earlier that year, saying: "The boys rendered several difficult pieces in a most creditable manner." #OTD 📷 CSU Chico Library

It's the most wonderful time of the year--time for my #WinterWeddingAdventCalendar! As I learned while writing my @Running_Press book “The Way We Wed: A Global History of Wedding Fashion,” I *love* a winter wedding. Follow along here starting tomorrow for daily flurries of fashion history and inspo!

Sari worn #onthisday in 2013 by Nandini Harinath, project manager and mission designer on the Indian Space Research Organization Mars Orbiter Mission, called Mangalyaan, at mission control in Sriharikota during the spacecraft’s successful Trans-Martian Injection. #OTD 📷 National Air and Space Museum

Worn #onthisday in 1999 by protestors at the World Trade Organization (WTO) conference in Seattle, WA. Hundreds of people made cardboard turtle costumes in response to the WTO's decision to allow the use of shrimp nets harmful to sea turtles in the name of free trade. #OTD @mohaiseattle.bsky.social

Worn #onthisday in 1928 by C.I. Alizon Scott at her #wedding to Harry Vere Upton in London, per The Telegraph: "a pearl-embroidered gown of ivory georgette, with a train of old lace, lent by her grandmother." The bridesmaids wore red georgette gowns, red velvet hats, and gold bags. #OTD 📷 V&A Museum

Beige wool dress with blue trim and blue wool coat worn #onthisday in 1862 by Martha (Mattie) Clark at her #wedding to John Cummins in Eden Prairie, MN. That day, John noted in his diary: "No longer a bachelor." #OTD 📷 Minnesota Historical Society

Worn #onthisday in 1937 by actress Jill Esmond, trying on her "principal boy" costume for "Beauty and the Beast"--a Christmas pantomine staged by the Lyceum Theatre--at Will Clarkson's wig and costume studio in London. It was the first time she had ever worn tights. #OTD @europeana.bsky.social

Silk scarf worn #onthisday in 1952 by Second Lieutenant Christopher "Kit" Hoare, 21, of the Royal Fusiliers when he was killed in action while leading a nighttime raid on a Chinese position in Kigong-Ni during the Korean War. Only 7 out of 21 men in his platoon survived. #OTD 📷 Imperial War Museum

Worn #onthisday in 1906 by Hazel Pingree at her #wedding to Sherman Depew in Detroit, MI. The @freep.com described her "white chiffon and liberty satin" wedding gown "made Empire fashion and trimmed with pointe de Venice lace" and "tiara of the same lace" with veil. #OTD 📷 Detroit Historical Society

Worn #onthisday in 1932 by lacrosse players at St. Alban's Ladies Club in Hertfordshire, UK. The gymslip, at right, was a sleeveless, belted tunic reaching from the shoulder to the knee, worn over a blouse, that traditionally served as a sports uniform for British schoolgirls. #OTD @gettyimages.com

Worn #onthisday in 1963 by Texas Governor John Connally and his wife, Nellie, who were riding in the car with President John F. Kennedy when he was assassinated in Dallas, TX. The governor was shot in the back but recovered. #OTD @gettyimages.com @tslac.bsky.social

Worn #onthisday in 1984 by Glenda Jackson in the title role of Jean Racine's play "Phaedra" when it premiered at the Old Vic in London. Director Philip Prowse designed the costumes; one critic complained that the actresses looked "as if they were trapped in ornate gas balloons." #OTD 📷 V&A Museum

Worn #onthisday in 2016 by President Barack Obama and other APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) leaders for a group photo at their summit in Lima, Peru: brown shawls made from the fine, undyed wool of the vicuna, a llama-like creature that dwells in the Andes mountains. #OTD @gettyimages.com

Traditional Korean overcoats called "durumagi" worn #onthisday in 2005 by President George W. Bush and other APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) leaders for a group photo at their summit on Dongbaek Island in Busan, Korea. #OTD @gettyimages.com

Batik worn #onthisday in 1998 by Vice President Al Gore and other APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) leaders for a group photo at an economic summit near Kuala Lumpur. Batik is a wax-resist dyeing technique; Malaysian batik is more colorful and less intricate than the Indonesian variety. #OTD

Worn #onthisday in 1915 on the hospital ship HMHS Anglia, carrying wounded troops from the Dardanelles, when it was mined in the English Channel, killing half of the 385 aboard. French troops in the Dardanelles wore helmets like this one. It washed ashore at Hythe, UK. #OTD 📷 Imperial War Museums

Worn #onthisday in 1940 by a wartime first aid worker in the River Emergency Service in London. Per the Evening Standard, she wore "a neat all-in-one, zip-fastened trouser suit in navy blue gabardine, with 'R.E.S.' emblazoned on the left side" and a matching cap with ear flaps. #OTD @gettyimages.com

Worn #onthisday in 1938 by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy to the State Banquet honoring King Carol II of Romania and his son, Crown Prince Michael, at Buckingham Palace in London. Her husband, Joseph, the new US Ambassador to Great Britain, was one of 15 ambassadors invited. #OTD @jfklibraryfdn.bsky.social

Worn #onthisday in 1946 by Bonnie Birnbaum at her #wedding in New York, NY. The silk taffeta and silk crepe gown by Norman Norell has a lace-up corset-style bodice inspired by the fashions of the 1780s combined with large puffed sleeves reminiscent of the 1890s. #OTD 📷 Newfields

Worn #onthisday in 1947 by Mrs. H. David Kroll (in black crepe with sequins) and Rose Barker Cohn (also in black) on the opening night of the LA Philharmonic's season in Los Angeles, CA. Fur coats had fallen out of fashion during World War II but returned that fall. #OTD @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social

Worn #onthisday in 1923 by Princess Maud at her #wedding to Lord Carnegie at the Guard's Chapel in London. Her gown by Knightsbridge's Mme. Barolet was called "a perfect marvel of workmaship. The pearls are as tiny as seeds and are sewed on Brussels net amongst long lines of shimmering silver." #OTD

Worn #onthisday in 2018 at the centenary Remembrance Sunday memorial ceremony in London by the Chelsea Pensioners, retired British Army veterans who live at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea and wear distinctive uniforms: on ceremonial occasions, scarlet coats with tricorn hats. #OTD @GettyImages.com

Worn #onthisday in 1926 by Eleonor Evans at her evening church #wedding to Erwin Cory Stout in Indianapolis, IN. Per the Indianapolis Times, the bride "was lovely in a white satin gown made with a court train which was embriodered with pearls and iridescents" and a Duchess collar. #OTD 📷 Newfields

Teal silk gown worn #onthisday in 1871 by Alice Elizabeth Daniels at her #wedding to Russell Bunce at Saint John's Church in Hartford, CT. #OTD 📷 Connecticut Museum of Culture and History

Worn #onthisday in 1908 by Anna Lieftinck at her #wedding to Jonkheer Teding van Berkhout in Groningen, Holland. The gown was originally worn with a wide, ruffled lace flounce covering the upper part of the bodice and a lace veil Anna borrowed from the groom’s sister. #OTD @rijksmuseum.bsky.social

Worn #onthisday in 1932 by Norma Shearer and Joan Crawford at a Mayfair Club party at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, CA: "a beautiful gown of dull bronze red satin with sable wrap" and a "black velvet with a cape of white ermine and a tiny muff to match." #OTD @lapubliclibrary.bsky.social

Worn #onthisday in 1978 at Screw magazine's 10th anniversary party at Plato's Retreat, a swinger's club in New York, NY. Screw began as a weekly underground newspaper and won several court cases challenging obscenity laws, ushering pornography into the US media mainstream. #OTD @gettyimages.com