Fashion Plates of History

Fashion Plates and advertisements of historical western clothing. Mainly women's clothing. Feel free to request a time period/type of clothing/etc

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Evening and Day Dress for Women and Girls, September 1848.

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Women's green evening dress, 1901.

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Women's day dress, 1821.

Chapeau de gros de Naples, orné de bouillons de gaze et de brins de lilas. Robe de gros de Naples : Le corsage à coulisse; garniture en ruches.

Gros de Naples hat, decorated with gauze puffs and sprigs of lilac. Gros de Naples dress: The bodice has drawstrings; ruffled trim.

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Womens' day dresses, April 1885.

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Formal gowns, 1st October 1863.

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Women's Blue and White Accessories, 1856.

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Women's clothing, 1922

Les Idées Nouvelles | New Ideas

Une écharpe de laine grattée et brochée de Damas or et noir.

Une casaque de taffetas Java jaune d'or avec une fantaisie de biais en mousseline triple.

Une casaque Marie-Antoinette en velours noir et crêpe blanc.

Un veston d'appartement en molleton canari et popeline noire.

A brushed wool scarf embroidered with gold and black damask.

A golden yellow taffeta java gown with a decorative triple bias strip of muslin.

A Marie-Antoinette style casaque in black velvet and white crêpe.

A canary yellow fleece and black poplin apartment jacket.

A casaque is a style of blouse popular in the 1920s. Marie-Antoinette style means that the casaque is tight at the waist and flared out, as opposed to the popular silhouette of the time - think peplum.

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Womens' Home Dress, 1821.

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Womens' dresses, 1879.

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Womens' Spring Dress, 30 April 1834.

Chapeau en paille de rix orné de plumes. Robe en mousseline de soie brodée Mantille en blonde sans couture.

Rice straw hat decorated with feathers. Embroidered silk muslin dress with a seamless pelerine made of silk lace.

A pelerine is the cape-like or shawl-like garment worn over the shoulders of the dress. It could be attached to the dress but was most often a separate piece. In the 1830s, at the height of their popularity, they were usually made from lace or chiffon.

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Womens' Blue Day Dresses, 1858.

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Promenade Costume, circa 1895-1897.

Brown cloth; full skirt edged at hem with rows of narrow gold braid; waist forming jacket from back seams, and striped diagonally with rows of gold braid finished by tiny brass buttons; white silk vest embroidered with gold; white silk cravat.

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Women's gowns, 1st August 1801.

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Womens' Evening Dresses, January 1878.

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Women's Gowns, 1856.

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Clan Ross, Clans of the Scottish Highlands, 1847.

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Menswear, circa 1933-1934.