Today I was researching fashion for my upcoming December release Wicked Little Secrets which is set in London in the 1840s. I thought that over the next two days, I would share some lovely, er… I mean, handsome fashion images from the French journal L’Élégant : Journal Des Tailleurs found in the
Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Enjoy!
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Sharp enough to cut themselves.
Are the short people children?
Unnatural shapes.
@Nancy, I hope so!
I love the coats…and I hate the pants in stripes and check! 🙂
@Gaia, There are some really heinous stripe and check combinations in years prior to 1844. And those pleats!
I miss my pantaloons and snowy white cravats. I dread getting to this period. Tweeted.
@Ella, oh, I love the Victorian era. Just imagine the fashion fun you could have with characters in these clothes!