1840s fashion

Victoria and Albert Museum: 1842, England; This dress is characteristic of fashionable styles from the early 1840s. The neckline is wide with a deep collar or ‘bertha’. The long, tight sleeves are typical of the 1840s, while the short over-sleeves recall the elaborate sleeves of the 1830s. The waist is lengthened in front with a point both front and back. The elaborate applied decorations of the 1830s are now no longer fashionable.

cotton day dress, 1845-1849| LACMA Collections

In the 1840s, the Bertha was a neckline style that was wide and deep. Worn by women, this style was usually made with lace.

Day dress ca. 1840-1850

Evening dress ca. 1840 via The Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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1855-60 day dress

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The top row of figures shows three women. The woman on the left wears a pink and purple dress with a fitted bodice, full sleeves, and white lace cuffs. Two lines of white lace ruffles run over the shoulders and down the bodice to form a point at the waist. The woman wears white gloves and a white bonnet, which ties under the chin and is trimmed with white plumes and pink flowers. The central woman wears a dotted white, off-the-shoulder dress with long full sleeves, and a ruched neckline. A…

1850. Evening Dresses, Godeys, May

Two women are depicted walking in a park. There are large trees, a fence, and stone benches behind them. The woman on the left wears a hair ornament of lace and pink flowers. She wears a light blue off the shoulder dress and looks down to read a letter. Her dress is short sleeved, made of satin, and has a white underskirt and white edging at the neck and cuffs. The over skirt has edges in shallow scallops at the center front, the hem, and the sleeves. The woman on the right wears a yellow…

This december I will attend a 19th century christmas party and since I don’t own anything remotley chrismasy I needed to make myself something to wear. After thinking long and hard, I decided…

Day and evening dresses, 1846 United Kingdom, La Belle Assemblee

Fürstin Mathilde - Category:Princess Mathilde of Hohenlohe-Oehringen - Wikimedia Commons

Printed challis day dress, lined with glazed cotton and linen [British], c. 1837–40 || Victoria & Albert Museum©