Vintage Photography

Decades of fashion, art, music, and various other human experiences.

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Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione 1837-99 (La Castiglione.) She was the mistress of Emperor Napoleon III and the one of the earliest known “models.” 

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    …But really, how could she walk in that?! The ginormous hoop skirt on that contraption must weigh half a tonne alone!
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