Happy Halloween!

Sexy witches, not a new thing.

Is Rapunzel a princess?

Maybe when she's Taylor Swift.

Snow White

... as depicted by Rachel Weisz.

And behind the scenes:

Cinderella

My fantasy, of course.

I want this...

I want to be like this...

Rococo, baroque...

I'd try it all.

This week's theme: Princesses

Because I wish I were a princess.

Beauty And The Beast, by Viona

Fixing your makeup...

... you may give some clue about Stepford's little secret.

The Stepford Wife, by Greta Punch.

Are you... Stepford material?

You can be... you will be.

Your wardrobe, waiting for you

By Allison + Cam.

This is what you will wear...

By Horst P. Horst, November 1954. (or 1947, or 1948... the internet isn't sure)
Thanks to Jennifer

The Good Wife's Guide

Housekeeping Monthly, 1955, with all the rules a good Stepford Wife has to follow. Because surely no-one would accept it without a proper Stepford mind...

A cause dear to many of us

The Smithsonian is fundraising to conserve Dorothy's Ruby Slippers.

Stepford Style

You will dress properly from now on. Don't pretend you don't want to. This is what you've always wanted. Let everyone know that you are a Stepford Wife.

How many perfect housewives can you need?

And how many people can you turn into aspects of her?

Photo by and starring Christine McConnell

This week's theme: Stepfordization

Being turned against my will into a powerful man's perfect housewife. Looking, dressing and acting the way he wants.

Stepford can be horror, or comedy, or both - The Stepford Wives has been adapted as both, and Jordan Peele's new film Get Out looks to do something similar to a different target.

And if you play with the politics and the subtext... it could also be a forced TF fantasy...

I have been using Elliquiy quite a bit...

:D

She looks so surprised...

... almost like she wasn't expecting to look or dress like this.

Perhaps he wasn't.

(Picture thanks to Simone)

End of the week...

... time for an essay about fashion in the 1880s with loads more dresses.

Thanks to historicaldress for the link

CoverGirl's First Cover Boy

James Charles, CoverGirl's first male ambassador.

One I've seen myself

at the National Museums of Scotland

Day dress ensemble, European, possibly British c. 1870-3

Thanks to fripperiesandfobs

150 years old, waiting to be worn

Evening dress ca. 1860
From Kerry Taylor Auctions, London
Thanks to fripperiesandfobs

Happy Coming Out Day!

I'd love to join you.

RED

Day dress, 1860′s
From the Museo de la Moda
via fripperiesandfobs

Ride with me

Riding habit, ca. 1825
Rijks Museum, Amsterdam
Via omgthatdress, via historicaldress

Persimmon silk satin

Evening dress
Medium: Persimmon silk satin and ecru lace
Date: c. 1895
Country: England
The waist of this evening gown measures an atypically slender 18 inches. Although stories of severely tight-laced corsets are almost certainly exaggerated, women often did lace more tightly for formal occasions. The full, puffed sleeves of dresses in the 1890s also made waists appear even smaller.

via historicaldress

A week of 19th century dresses...

Via historicaldress on tumblr:

Emerald green silk taffeta trimmed with large black velvet bows with cut steel beading applied. American, attributed, ca. 1860s. Silk Taffeta.

Beehive

As modeled by Kelleth Cuthbert

Oh, corsets

Morgana's new calendar on the way...

Oh my.

Sam

And just to not be all kinky outfits all month:

The long-awaited release of indie TGTF comedy Sam, reviewed by Courtney. Sounds like it's fun but not quite up to the wait.

Shiny!

And now, Ulorin Vex.

Those shoes are terrifying. I want them.

Wiiiitch!

I'm certainly bewitched.

The new trend for silvery hair...

... can work.

Happy October!

Obvious starting point: Morgana in slinky Gothic dress!