- Chinaman with beard
Chinaman with beard - Walking Dress 1810
The Empire gown is figured in the illustration of a walking dress, 1810. It lasted practically until the advent of the crinoline in the forties, when it finally disappeared. - Man wih cat
- Lady
Lady in Hat - The Actor manager
- The Music-Hall Comedian
- lady with hat
- Woman with hat
- Curls
Young lady with curls - Man with little dog
- King Leopold
- the Gaze
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- Lady 4
- lady 2
- The Reviewer
- The Baritone
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- The Painter
- man and woman
- The Small painter
- Golfer with caddy
- boy and girl
- Bashful lady
- Promenade Costume 1833
Promenade Costume 1833 - Eating
- Determined boy
- Man tying shoelaces
Man tying shoelaces - Dancing on skates
- Lets go skating
- Paris Evening Dress 1833
- Playing house
- Girl with Doll
- Soldier and the lady
- Dont Cry
- Shoeshine Boy
- Cold Shoulder
- Crinoline
- By the Fire
- Girl with Umbrella
Lady sitting in a carriage with an umbrella smoking a cigarette - Turn your backs
- Man with Moustache
Man with Moustache - The Gilded Youth
- Choice of fabric
Here a small all-over pattern minimizes size, the plaits and tassels lengthen, the necklace adds a slenderizing touch. The appearance as a whole is graceful and youthful. - Hats 1
These two examples show how even a hat with drooping brim, if not too wide, can be worn by the stout person if trimming is adeptly used to direct the vision upward and lend an illusion of height. - Hats 2
Here trimming is used on two entirely different types of hats to give in each case added height to the figure and help in attaining a slenderizing appearance. Left—Hats with medium brims and high trimming are often becoming, especially if wide enough to avoid the pyramid effect. Right—High built trimming and delicate veils are advantageous where a double chin is the handicap. - Top hat with beard
Top hat with beard - Practical Dress Instructor
Headdress of the Lady on the Right.—Hair in bandeaux à la Niobe; torsade of pearls. Moire dress, low body, with progressive revers opening over a modestie of embroidered muslin edged with lace; short open sleeves à la Watteau; undersleeves of embroidered muslin; half-long gloves; bracelets of pearls, or more often worn different, according to choice. The other Figure (Lady seated).—Cap of tulle trimmed with lace and ribbon. Low body, with revers open to waist; loose bell-shaped sleeves, edged with a bouillonne; two skirts trimmed with the same; modestie of embroidered muslin, edged with point de Venise; black velvet bracelets, half-long gloves, and Venetian fan. - Spring Fashions 1854
Spring Fashions 1854 - The costumes given for 1835 are a nursemaid and children
The costumes given for 1835 are a nursemaid and children - Optical Illusion in dress
Note the diagonal line in the small diagram of the figure below. It is actually straight, but the vertical lines which break it give it a “going-down-steps” appearance. This principle is used in the dress below—the two vertical panels of trimming break the line of the tunic and give the whole figure a more slender appearance than in the figure above.