Usually I’m digging through old archives looking for images that display what people wore and how their surroundings looked. Tonight, I thought I would try something a little different. I ran a search on old films. I think you will enjoy these gems from www.archive.org. Click on the image to view the movie.
Fashion from Journal Des Dames et Des Modes 1818 — Part II I’m having great fun restoring fashion images from the 1818 editions of Journal Des Dames et Des Mode that I found in the library of France. I should have more pictures ready to post tomorrow or the next day. Click on a thumbnail below to the view the entire image. Enjoy! ...
Fashion from Journal Des Dames et Des Modes 1818 — Part I This afternoon I was glancing through a publication from the Kyoto Costume Institute when I found a reference to “Journal Des Dames.” I hurried back to my computer and found the journal in the library of France! While I was working on my latest WIP, I kept Photoshop running and...
Happenings and Fashion of the Regency Haut Ton in January 1807 The following text comes from the first chapter of The Follies and Fashions of our Grandfathers (1807), a compilation of news and fashion from periodicals in the year 1807 as edited by Andrew W. Tuer and published in 1886. Five hundred cards of invitation are issued for Mrs. Shallowhead’s masquerade on Tuesday —...
Parisian Manners and Fashion in the 1830s Today I’m excerpting from The Gentleman and Lady’s Book of Politeness and Propriety of Deportment: Dedicated to the Youth of Both Sexes by Elizabeth Celnart and translated from the Paris edition in 1833. The beautiful illustrations are from an 1836 issue of the famous French journal Le Bon Ton, which, oddly...
French Fashion from the 1840s. t’s the weekend! Happy shopping, baking, wrapping, partying, or just lounging about sipping hot chocolate and watching holiday movies (or K-dramas, in my case.) Here’s a slideshow of fashion illustrations to make you smile. They’re from the mid-1840s and found in Les Modes Parisiennes....
Hot Regency Fashion Trends for Winter 1816 From Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, by Rudolph Ackermann, Frederic Shober. 1816 Promenade dress. A high dress of cambric muslin trimmed at the bottom with a single flounce of work. The body, which is composed entirely of work, fits the shape without any fullness. A plain long sleeve, finished by a triple...
Gallery of Victorian Men’s Fashion from 1837 – 1843 The following is a sampling of men’s fashion images in the years 1837 – 1843 from the French journal L’Élégant : Journal Des Tailleurs found in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. If you’re interested in seeing more images, please follow the journal link. Click on an image to enlarge it. ...
Fashion from Journal Des Dames et Des Modes 1818 — Part III Here is my final posting of fashions from the 1818 editions of Journal Des Dames et Des Mode that I found in the library of France. I think these images are my favorite of the three gallery posts. Click an image to enlarge and see in its entirety....
Great pictures! I tweeted.