The ball was lovely, and I've finally slogged through my pictures to bring you a few good ones. There was fabulous music (and the band ...

These come from a wordpress blog called " The Cabinet Card Gallery ," which actually has bunches of really cute cabinet cards. But...

Ardern Holt's 1887 book, "Fancy Dresses Described: or, What to Wear at Fancy Balls" is available to read online at http://www....

This is another lovely item from the Metropolitan Museum Costume Institute. What is the best part? The lovely little red bolero covered with...

Ok. Technically, these aren't gypsies. But while I was searching for lovely pictures of balletic gypsies, I started finding all these pi...

Well, not all of these are gypsies. We have Esmerelda, Gitana, and Paquita, but I've also included some very similar peasant-girl ballet...

Well, here are the gypsies that started it all. By which I mean, the party scene that convinced me that we need gypsies. If you haven't ...

Once upon a time, I decided that something was missing. Yes, our balls are beautiful. Yes, we have high standards for historical accuracy. Y...