1840s fashion

I am currently writing a story set in 1840s Yorkshire castle. My protagonist, Amelia, always wears dashing dresses, even if a don’t describe them (unfortunately I can’t describe every s…

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1850. Evening Dresses, Godeys, May

Let's take a quick look at what the Early Victorian woman of fashion would have ideally worn, courtesy of some plates from The New Monthly Belle Assemblee. It should be noted that only a minority of women wore clothes like this made of fine fabrics and intended for very specific occasions. Even most of the women who read this magazine might have seen them as more to be aspired to than actually worn! As usual, the person who wrote the original descriptions of these plates interlarded the text…

by Susan Jarrett The Romantic period derives its name from Romanticism- a term used to describe a movement in art, literature, and music that valued freedom of expression. Romanticism began in…

See a fascinating collection of Antique Fashion Plates! A variety of fashionable 1800 and early 1900 Dresses! Vintage Ladies Fashion pictures.

Fashion through the 1800s