Two receiving dresses, both with wide necklines trimmed with lace, long sleeves with fitted lower portions, small waists, and long, full skirts. Left dress has a pleated bodice with lace trim, puffy upper sleeves, and a shawl. Right dress has fitted…
Two reception dresses, full skirts, left trimmed with lace, right with embroidery, bodices have wide round or v-shaped necklines, monobosom bodices with fitted waists, sleeves are large puffs or layers of lace from shoulder to elbow, elbow-length…
Two reception gowns with fitted skirts with bell flare, waist sashes, left dress has coat sleeves to elbow with turned back cuffs and loose undersleeves to cuff at wrist, square lace yoke and high collar; right dress has wide lapels with turned up…
Riding Dress, showing the importance of the pelisse (or redingote), the Betsy collar (Elizabethan revival ruffle), and the high waist (published by R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts)
Riding Wear, shows simpler dress for outdoor activities. The man is wearing a fitted, double breasted cutaway coat, contrasting trousers and a bow tie. The woman is wearing a simple dress with a fitted bodice, fold-over collar, bow tie, 3/4 length…
Salon Dresses, with a redingote made out of fabric apron overlays trimmed in fur and belted at the waist, loose bell sleeves also trimmed in fur, a fur collar with matching ribbon and a full skirt (which is pulled aside slightly to reveal a plaid…
Satin dresses, demonstrating shirring on the bodice, a narrow waist emphasized by ribbons or cummerbund, puffed sleeves, the emphasis of decoration on the lower hem, and the use of headwear and jewelry (published for Modes de Paris)
Five shirtwaists, with high collars and bow ties, long leg-of-mutton sleeves with buttoned cuffs, three with buttons down center front, one has three pleats in front, last is gathered in front, two have flat hats with ribbons or lace and flowers, all…
Socializing in and around the Oskaloosa town square was a very familiar sight in the early 1900's. What is fascinating about this photograph is not the two women mingling, but rather the display of various modes of transportation in it. On the left…
