Tie-back skirt
Tie-back skirt Late '7o's and Early '8o's The bustle remained an important feature after the panier effect had been discarded. The skirts were made severely plain and were pulled back by strings, so as to fit with extreme snugness in the front. At the back, however, they were drawn out over a bustle of such extent that the fashion plates of the late '70's now have the appearance of caricatures.
The more practical gown of the Empire Period
The more practical gown of the Empire Period
The Grecian Bend
The Grecian Bend , a feature of the late 70's
The Extreme of the Crinoline - 1862
NO radical change in womens' costumes occurrred until the early fifties when what are known as the "Second Empire" styles were introduced. A remarkable feature of the fashions set by Eugenie, the consort of Napoleon III, was the enormous crinoline, of which we have more than once in recent years been threatened with a revival. The monstrous dimensions of women's skirts during the period from 1853 to the early seventies afforded an excellent theme for the pencil of the comic artist, and those who care to search the volumes of "Punch" and other illustrated publications of English and French origin, as well as those produced at the time in this country, will find both exact reproductions and caricatures of this style of costume.
The 1840 style
The 1840 style
The 1830 Effect
The 1830 Effect
French Restoration period - 1823
French Restoration period - 1823
Early days of the crinoline - 1855
Early days of the crinoline - 1855
Ball Costume 1825
Ball Costume 1825
Spring Fashions
LACE MANTILLA and TABLET MANTILLA LACE MANTILLA.—This mantilla has three capes—the first is in depth twenty-three inches, the second eighteen inches, and the third fourteen inches, with lace edging to match. The collar is six inches in depth, with a bow of ribbon behind. TABLET MANTILLA.—Material. Watered or plain silk. It is made with a yoke, and falls low on the shoulders. For trimming, it is cut in turrets, trimmed with narrow braid and netted fringe sewed underneath.
The Albuera
This mantilla is one of great beauty. It is made of blue glacé silk, but can be in any choice color. Lavender and lustrous pearl and mode colors look especially well, as also the greens, in this garment. Its chief peculiarity consists in its square front and its fitting so as to just cut the edge of the shoulder. It is fastened at the top by a bow; the back falls with an easy fulness; it is embroidered.
Spring Fashions 1854
Spring Fashions 1854
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.
Lady in house-robe. Period, 1816
Lady in house-robe. Period, 1816
two walking dresses as well as an indoors and evening dress 1836
two walking dresses as well as an indoors and evening dress 1836
Hair fashions 1834 England
Hair fashions 1834 England
The fashions of 1833 include two walking-dresses, one dinner, and one ball-dress,
The fashions of 1833 include two walking-dresses, one dinner, and one ball-dress,
The dresses for 1837 are two walking-dresses and a ball dress, and also a child's costume
The dresses for 1837 are two walking-dresses and a ball dress, and also a child's costume
hair dressing which were in vogue in 1832
hair styles which were in vogue in 1832
English dress fashions worn in 1830
English dress fashions worn in 1830 Two walking dresses, one evening, and one ball dress.
different styles of hair-dressing fashionable in 1830-31
different styles of hair-dressing fashionable in 1830-31
different modes of dressing the hair.in 1835
different modes of dressing the hair.in 1835
Hairstyles for 1837
Hairstyles for 1837
English Fashions 1832
a dinner, two ball, and a walking dress 1832
bonnets worn in 1830
bonnets worn in England in 1830
English Fashion - 1830-1831
English Fashion - bonnet, hat, turban, and caps, as worn during the year 1830-1831
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.
An official ball in the Strassbourg Theatre
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The Tuleries in 1802
The Tuleries in 1802
The Wooden Gallery in the Palais-Royal
The Wooden Gallery in the Palais-Royal 1803
View of the two panoramas and of the passage between them
View of the two panoramas and of the passage between them 1810
The Picture Exhibition at the 'Salon'
The Picture Exhibition at the 'Salon'
The Delights of the Malmaison
The Delights of the Malmaison A saunter through the park in 1804
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