# What historical fashions are too archaic to ever return?

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**Created:** [May 13, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-fashions-are-too-archaic-to-ever-return/496262 "2009-05-13T06:49:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-fashions-are-too-archaic-to-ever-return/496262/56 "2009-05-14T08:21:00Z")

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I’ll repost my recent post in the [What Fashion Do You Wish Would Come Back](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=517057) thread:

> [@What Fashion Do You Wish Would Come Back](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-fashion-do-you-wish-would-come-back/495909/47):
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> Lacy, feminine fashion from the Victorian and Edwardian era…
> 
> Lacy Edwardian dresses like this:  
> [All sizes | Edwardian Dress Front | Flickr - Photo Sharing!](http://www.flickr.com/photos/28658702@N02/2677858679/sizes/l/in/photostream/)  
> [http://fash224.tripod.com/test-4.img/1900-37.jpg](http://fash224.tripod.com/test-4.img/1900-37.jpg)  
> [Antique Dress - Item for Sale](http://antiquedress.com/item6155.htm)  
> [Antique Dress - Item for Sale](http://antiquedress.com/item9977.htm)  
> [All sizes | Friends | Flickr - Photo Sharing!](http://www.flickr.com/photos/josefnovak33/3490217969/sizes/l/in/pool-446714@N24/)  
> [beautiful lace dress | Turn of the Century II | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/25237851@N03/2580955852/)
> 
> Nightgowns and petticoats like this:  
> [Antique Dress - Item for Sale](http://antiquedress.com/item4526.htm)  
> [Antique Dress - Item for Sale](http://antiquedress.com/item4608.htm)  
> [Antique Dress - Item for Sale](http://antiquedress.com/item6213.htm)  
> [Antique Dress - Item for Sale](http://antiquedress.com/item4595.htm)  
> [Antique Dress - Item for Sale](http://antiquedress.com/item6569.htm)
> 
> Other pretty dresses like these:  
> [Jeffreys Lewis | Recolored by me Original i34.tinypic.com/fb… | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/25237851@N03/3183241858/)  
> [http://www.flickr.com/photos/alyeb/3342051725/](http://www.flickr.com/photos/alyeb/3342051725/)  
> [Wedding Gown | Sue Townsend Lake, La Grange, Illinois, 1929.… | Flickr](http://www.flickr.com/photos/mac_prichard/222339739/)

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