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Fashion Plate, ‘Dinner Dress’ for ‘The Repository of Arts’, Rudolph Ackermann (England, London, 1764-1834), England, London, April 1, 1825, Prints, Hand-colored engraving on paper.
The most famous dress in Hollywood history, worn by Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast At Tiffany's
The gray days of winter have me looking forward to spring and lighter/brighter clothing. I scanned these from a 1949 insert of the pattern department of the Philadelphia Inquirer. The green ensemble with matching beret in the first picture has my name all over it. I love the color combination. While the 30s is my absolute favorite era, there are so many things I love about the designs of this time period too. So pretty!
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Friday's Fashion Plate 1860 Ballgown & Visiting Dress This fashion plate is French and comes from Journal Des Demoiselles. It contains a ballgown and a visiting dress from 1860. In 1860, hoopskirts were not yet elliptical in shape, but were still round and quite wide.
A century of dress silhouettes 1794-1894
So, last week I made a silly mistake and published two Rate the Dresses. I noticed it a few hours later and withdrew the one I hadn’t meant to publish. So most of you only saw the 1780s pastel polonaised froof that I left up (and most of didn’t particularly care for it and rated it a not-very inspiring 5.2 out of 10). But some of you did get a sneak-peek at this week’s Rate the Dress, so have had all week to think about whether you like it or not.. 1840s dresses can be a bit, well, plain and…
