Diana Barrigan: BAMF.

Colt Presentation Model 1862 Police and Pocket Navy Conversion Revolver with a Tiffany Grip, engraved by Louis D. Nimschke
American, 1873-1880
The Autry National Center
This is the most beautiful gun I’ve ever seen.
Dress, Evening Mme. Jeanne Paquin 1905–7
c. 1905-07
The Met says: Produced several years prior to the 1908 Hellenic designs of Paul Poiret, the raised waist and decorative references to Greek antiquity indicate this classical aesthetic and change of silhouette were in the air from 1905 on. As the leading house of couture druing the Belle Epoque, Paquin’s promotion of this line would have been widely known to the public. The dress also incorporates signature decorative techniques such as velvet piping outlining peach satin ribbon at neckline and waist and the contrasting tones and reflections of silver, satin and velvet
Dress, Evening
Madeleine Vionnet (French, 1876–1975)
Fall/Winter 1938-39

Charles Fredrick Worth robe à transformation ca. 1865-1870 via The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
