Would you wear this? Let's study some amazing mid-1890s sleeves!

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by With my hands dream

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10.18.2025



This blue dress belongs to Espoo City Museum. It features the gigantic leg-o-mutton sleeves that were fashionable mid-1890s. Let’s look at this dress a bit closer. My warm thanks to Suvi Kettula and Espoo City Museum for allowing me to see and touch this beautiful gown.

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KAMU Espoo City Museum: https://www.espoo.fi/en/kamu-espoo-city-museum

The museum link to the blue dress: https://finna.fi/Record/ekm.urn:nbn:fi-ekmhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.profium.com%252Fespoo%252FKohde-3DE4B757-C4B0-77DF-7E81-BE4154138D0F?imgid=3

Käsitöitä-magazines on my blog:

Käsitöitä 1894-1915

Delineator-magazines online at Hathi Trust Digital Library, public domain:
https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000545715?fbclid=IwAR01yw4rjnHfZqGjCIZyf6CVPZNTclOPc7eJ2pMxzJyUPfpju89HJtTwrGQ

Fashion plate collage:
1892: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t9q31h68z&view=2up&seq=277&skin=2021
1893: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t96761w78&view=2up&seq=11&skin=2021
1894: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t6sz40v0z&view=2up&seq=29&skin=2021
1895: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t8wb30b5j&view=2up&seq=185&skin=2021
1896: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t6c32r411&view=2up&seq=31&skin=2021
1897: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858046091918&view=2up&seq=37&skin=2021
1898: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858046091934&view=2up&seq=31&skin=2021

A similar 1895 dress: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t8wb30b5j&view=2up&seq=191&skin=2021

1896 sleeves: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=iau.31858046091900&view=2up&seq=51&skin=2021

1830s fashion plate via Wikimedia Commons, public domain:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1832-Wiener-Moden-fashion-plate.png

My blog: withmyhandsdream.com

Music: Epidemic Sound, YouTube Audio Library (attribution not required)

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