Walking Dress, illustrating the pelerine made out of matching fabric over a bodice with a high ruffled collar, wide shoulders, leg-of-mutton sleeves, decorative detailing down the front of the dress. The skirt length is somewhat shorter. The bonnet…
Carriage Dresses, illustrating the pelerine made out of matching fabric over a bodice with a high ruffled collar, wide shoulders, leg-of-mutton sleeves, decorative detailing down the front of the dress. The bonnets are fairly simple, framing the face…
Carriage Dress, Dinner Dress, and Opera Dress. The Opera Dress offers a striped pattern, shirred bodice, puffy leg-of-mutton sleeves, and a belt emphasizing the waist. There is quite a bit of decorate detail, particular near the hem, and the dress is…
Gentlemen's Fashions for October 1831, Shooting and Morning Dresses. The Shooting dress is somewhat informal, and illustrates a loose blouse and pants, with belts holding hunting equipment, a colorful bag falling down the back, a straw boater hat,…
Evening Dress and Dinner Dress, demonstrating widened shoulders and lower necklines, with a sheer shirred bodice and decorative suspender overlay of fabric. Sleeves are puffed leg-of-mutton, somewhat see-through and sheer and cuffed wrists. The hats…
Tulle dress, decorated with flowers, showing shirred bodice, lowered neckline and puffed sleeves. The waist is emphasized by a belt and there is decoration at the lower hem with the skirt being somewhat shorter. The coiffures were designed by a Mr.…
The Last and Newest Fashions, Morning Dresses and Fashionable Millinery, showing pelerine or Eliza collar?, a shirred bodice with a short puffed sleeve, the puffed leg-of-mutton sleeve cuffed at the wrist, continuing emphasis on the waist with…
Walking Dress, showing a redingote (or pelisse), with marmaluke sleeve (widening shoulders), the Betsy collar (Elizabethan revival ruffle), the emphasis on the waist with a belt, decoration at the ends of the sleeves, the emphasis of decoration on…
