Last weekend I gave you the January fashion plates from my bound 1875 Godey's - this Saturday, in honor of My Vintage Visions's trip to Gettysburg, as she was looking at hairstyles, I thought I'd share the hair pages from my 1864 Godey's, all through the year. Fig. 1 - Spring coiffure for a young … Continue reading Coiffures of Godey's 1864
Category: 19th century
Fashion vs. Feminism
AuntieNan left a comment on my Godey's post that I started to answer, but realized it was going to be long enough (and could do with illustrations) that it'd be better served as a full post. I had a costume history teacher who talked about the development of feminism and how a burst of power … Continue reading Fashion vs. Feminism
Godey's, January 1875 – Fashion Plates
Recently I've been spending ... probably too much time on eBay, and I've found that while the listed Buy It Now prices for hard-bound full or half year runs of antique ladies' magazines are ridiculously high (I saw one listed at about $1,000), when the market can set its own prices in auctions, they are … Continue reading Godey's, January 1875 – Fashion Plates
Bonnetry
(I did most of this entry about a month ago, so it makes reference to Things Happening and I'm just noting that they happened several weeks ago, not recently.) At work I've moved completely into Putting Numbers On Things. This is in two categories: Finding Things' Original Numbers, and Giving Things New Numbers. The former … Continue reading Bonnetry
Godey's London Fashions for May, 1834: Evening and Opera Costume
EVENING AND OPERA COSTUME. - A robe of celestial blue satin, opening en tablier, over a white satin skirt, and trimmed down the fronts with white blond; five moss roses are placed along this edging, and from the three lower ones, little garlands of roses cross over the white satin. Corsage à la pucelle, blond … Continue reading Godey's London Fashions for May, 1834: Evening and Opera Costume
Mimic of Modes 