From the S-curve of 1900 to the Empire line of 1909, a visual history and blog of Edwardian dress and silhouette
Belle Époque Paris of 1900. Lumiere brothers film brought back to spellbinding life using AI deep learning. The Exposition Universelle 1900 was held from May to November in Paris and the optimism of a new century can be seen in all the faces of these people, now long departed. Belle Époque Parisiens of 1900 This …
AI restored 1906 film of a group of Edwardian college girls on a manic sleigh ride through the winter snows of Gloversville NY. Now with sound, 60 fps motion interpolation and AI upscaling to 4k, you can join in the madness of these young women laughing and screaming their way through a winter sleigh ride …
54 years before Marilyn Monroe‘s white dress moment in the Seven Year Itch, there was Florence Georgie! Here is the 1901 film, enhanced with AI neural networks, which inspired that iconic scene. Enhanced using AI neural networks,“What Happened on Twenty-third Street, New York” starred actress Florence Georgie and actor A.C. Abadie. The original print was …
Brought to life using AI 4K upscaling and 60 fps frame interpolation, a 1904 film of the Edwardian era Gibson Girl. punching time sheets. Interpolated from original 15 fps to 60 fps, for added depth awareness, up-scaled to 4 K, and finally colorized using AI algorithms. We also added an ambient soundtrack. Filmed at Westinghouse …
The Art of Colorist Olga Shirnina – Color Restored Vintage Fashion There are many apps these days which claim to colorize, with a click of a button, your old black & white photographs, but these compare poorly to the work of a real artist. I’ve seen many good colorists over the years, but none compare …
Ever wondered why a size 12 is called a size 12? – Kass McGann of Reconstructing History.com Explains – Dress sizing is certainly confusing! I mean, a man’s jacket size 42 fits a man with a chest measurement of 42″. Jeans sized 36/32 fit a waist of 36″ and an inseam of 32″. But what …
Rare photos of pre-1916 Rising Edwardian Ireland – Medical student J.J. Clarke took these photographs in Dublin between 1897 and 1904. Visit the National Library of Ireland online to view the original source files. Unlike the usual studio portraits of the period, these photographs seem almost modern, with the young photographer concentrating on people in …
Booklet of cartoons of leading French actresses in 1900 – Leonetto Gappiello from Italy and based in Paris is considered to be the father of the 20th Century Art Deco Poster. He succeeded lithographers like Toulouse-Lautrec, Jules Cheret, and Alphonse Mucha to become the leading advertising poster designer in 1900’s Paris. His technnique moved away …
The real women who served as muses to Charles Dana Gibson. The illustrator created the iconic Gibson Girl look of the 1900’s. See a 1904 film of real life Gibson girls brought to life with AI upscaling. The Real Gibson Girls Charles Dana’s Gibson’s pen and ink illustrations of what was to become known as …
In 1906 – Model Evelyn Nesbitt causes a stir at her husbands murder trial – with her outfit! Evelyn Nesbitt – one of the 20th Century’s first style icons was a young model /actress thrust into the limelight in New York when her name was involved in the infamous murder of Stanford White, a respected …