American singer Linda Ronstadt was born #OnThisDay in 1946. She celebrated her Mexican heritage with her 1987 album "Canciones De Mi Padre". She wore this Folklorico costume, consisting of an embroidered white satin blouse and a red satin skirt on the cover. Sold by Heritage Auctions #fashionhistory

Lebanese fashion designer Zuhair Murad was born #OnThisDay in 1971. For his S/S 2026 "Chiaroscuro" couture collection, Murad designed this 1950s-inspired pink Duchesse satin, silk and chiffon strapless dress with an overskirt, that is embroidered with Renaissance motifs. #fashionhistory

This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this c. 1923 robe de style evening dress made from black silk taffeta and silk chenille, embellished with red embroidered flowers and glass crystals. It was made by seamstress and embroiderer, Rosalba McMillen. FIDM Museum collection. #fashionhistory

Time Magazine published a cover story #OnThisDay in 1947 captioned ‘Eva Perón: Between two worlds, an Argentine rainbow’. Boris Chaliapin's cover portrait marked the first time that a South American First Lady appeared alone on the cover in the periodical’s history. #evita #womenshistory

The American comedy film Legally Blonde was released #OnThisDay in 2001. Selma Blair wore this black and white MIU MIU jacket and skirt ensemble as Vivian Kensington in the party scene. Sold by Selma Blair via Bonhams to benefit Project Angel Food. #film #costume

Empress Alexandra Feodorovna was born #OnThisDay in 1798. She wore this silver brocade and silk dress, embellished with lace and silver thread embroidery, when she and her husband were crowned at the Assumption Cathedral in the Kremlin in 1826. Kremlin Museums collection. #fashionhistory

English musician and Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie was born #OnThisDay in 1943. She wore this navy and green polka dot chiffon Thea Porter dress with a multicoloured embroidered bodice on multiple occasions throughout the 1970s. Sold by Juliens Auctions. #fashionhistory

Award-winning Japanese art director and costume designer Eiko Ishioka was born #OnThisDay in 1938. She designed this pink/orange gown that combines elements of Elizabethan and 18th-century dress that Julia Roberts wore as Queen Clementianna in Mirror Mirror (2012). #film #costume

Catherine, Princess of Wales, attended the Wimbledon Men's Singles Finals #OnThisDay in 2021 as patron of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. She watched Novak Djokovic defeat Matteo Berrettini wearing Beulah London’s blush pink wool crêpe Ahana dress. #fashionhistory

Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani was born #OnThisDay in 1934. He designed this evening ensemble consisting of a black silk satin waistcoat embroidered with blue Swarovski crystals and a full black silk shantung skirt for his Privé A/W 2012-13 collection V&A collection. #fashionhistory

Nicky Hilton married James Rothschild #OnThisDay in 2015. Valentino creative directors Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli designed a haute couture wedding gown with a three metre train made of three shades of ivory and silver guipure accented with crystal embellishments. #fashionhistory

British couturier Victor Edelstein was born #OnThisDay in 1946. He designed the midnight-blue velvet evening gown Princess Diana wore to the White House in 1985 when she danced with John Travolta - hence the dress is known as the 'Travolta' dress! Historic Royal Palaces collection. #fashionhistory

This week's #ThirtiesThursday garment is this 1935 wedding dress of blue linen, rayon and silk made by Cincinnati based designer, Mary Mattox. The dress is accessorised with a cap headpiece and floor-length tulle veil. Cincinnati Art Museum collection. #fashionhistory

First Lady Eva Perón attended celebrations to mark Argentina’s Independence Day at the Teatro Colón #OnThisDay in 1950. She wore Christian Dior’s Bach strapless evening dress made from layers of sky-blue embroidered tulle with a matching feather cape. #evita #fashionhistory

The Spice Girls released their debut single Wannabe #OnThisDay in 1996. Victoria 'Posh Spice' Beckham wore this black minidress, that she had custom-made for her by a dressmaker in her home town, in the music video. Sold by Gotta Have Rock & Roll Auctions. #spicegirls #fashionhistory

This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this blue and gold silk and cotton evening dress. Dating to 1921, it was designed by A. T. Rogers and The Woman's Shop in Cincinnati and illustrates the changing styles of the new decade. Cincinnati Art Museum collection. #fashionhistory

American fashion designer Clare Potter was born #OnThisDay in 1903. She was one of the first American designers to achieve name recognition for her creations, such as this black and gold linen belted dress dating from 1937-38. Met Museum collection. #fashionhistory

Artist Marc Chagall was born #OnThisDay in 1887. He designed the costumes for the 1967 production of Mozart’s The Magic Flute at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, including this painted cobalt and aubergine silk chiffon gown for the Queen of the Night. Metropolitan Opera Archives. #costume

Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was born #OnThisDay in 1907. She owned and wore this brown velvet huipil with machine-embroidered chain stitch and floral printed cotton skirt with holán (ruffle). She was photographed in a similar ensemble. Museo Frida Kahlo collection. #WomensArt #fashionhistory

French poet, novelist, designer, filmmaker, visual artist and critic Jean Cocteau was born #OnThisDay in 1889. This 1938 green silk Charles James evening dress is printed with a Cocteau art print of masks of Cocteau and his lover, the actor Jean Marais. V&A collection. #fashionhistory

British fashion designer Elizabeth Emanuel was born #OnThisDay in 1953. She designed this ivory silk taffeta wedding dress with her former husband David in 1979. The gown is a precursor of their design for Lady Diana Spencer's wedding dress. V&A collection. #fashionhistory

American actress Eva Marie Saint was born #OnThisDay in 1924. She wore this Walter Plunkett designed Civil War period dress, consisting of a red plaid skirt, blouse, and red cropped jacket, as Nell Gaither in Raintree County (1957). Sold by Profiles in History Auctions. #film #costume #dress

English actress and singer Gertrude Lawrence was born #OnThisDay in 1898. She wore this c. 1937-43 flame red rayon crêpe long-sleeved dress with a bias-cut skirt, attributed to Valentina, in an unidentified show. Museum of the City of New York collection. #theatre #costume

American actress and singer Audra McDonald was born #OnThisDay in 1970. She wore this Ann Hould-Ward designed custom-dyed, hand-painted silk velvet robe with faux-fur collar as Jenny in the LA Opera’s 2007 production of Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny. LA Opera #costume

Avant-garde artist and costume/set designer Natalia Goncharova was born #OnThisDay in 1881. She designed this blue and gold silk and lamé painted costume for a squid for Serge Diaghilev's Ballet Russes in c. 1916. National Gallery Australia collection. #fashionhistory #costume

American model and actress Jerry Hall was born #OnThisDay in 1956. She modelled this black jersey one-shouldered Bill Tice dress, that is embellished with gold lamé embroidery on the left shoulder, in an American Vogue editorial in 1981. Sold by Shrimpton Couture. #fashionhistory

Italian-French fashion designer Pierre Cardin, known for his Space Age designs, was born #OnThisDay in 1922. He designed this red and black vinyl maxi length mod coat with a graphic arrow design for his 1969-70 A/W collection. For sale via Timeless Vixen. #fashionhistory

Diana, Princess of Wales, was born #OnThisDay in 1961. She chose this pink and white silk dress, designed by Zandra Rhodes, to wear to attend an official state banquet in Japan in 1986. The colours diplomatically complimented the cherry blossom. Historic Royal Palaces collection. #fashionhistory

This week's #TwentiesTuesday garment is this bridesmaid dress of mauve satinised cotton with a lace trim and a wide-brimmed hat that was worn by Eileen Amy Brock at the wedding of her cousin Mabel Fraser-Spooner to Raymond Thackeray in 1925. @V_and_A collection. #fashionhistory

Dancer, actress and singer, Lena Horne, was born #OnThisDay in 1917. She wore this Giorgio di Sant'Angelo patchwork dress made from panels of velvet, cotton, and silk, on the 1969 television show "Kraft Music Hall Presents the Sound of Burt Bacharach". @UNT_TFC collection. #fashionhistory