This vintage image includes a side-front view and side-back view of a beautiful Victorian ladies’ outfit that is referred to (in the magazine I scanned it from) as a coat polonaise. The illustration is from the October 1889 issue of The Delineator magazine. Here is a black and white clip art version. Click on images to enlarge.
Fashion
Victorian Fashion Plate ~ Free Graphic
This vintage fashion plate features two Victorian ladies at a formal party or ball. They are dressed in elegant, colorful gowns and one of the ladies is wearing a beautiful white cape over her outfit. Both ladies are wearing long white gloves and both are holding white fans. In this first version of the page, I’ve…
Ladies’ Afternoon Toilette ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is an illustration of a Victorian lady holding up the side of her skirt as she comes down a set of stairs. She is wearing a Ladies’ Afternoon Toilette, which consists of a Ladies’ Basque Waist and Circular Skirt. The crown of her felt hat is encircled with velvet and trimmed with jet and wing-shaped…
1914 Teen Fashion ~ Free Vintage Image
Here is a vintage image of a young teenage girl modelling a fashionable outfit that includes a lovely pink cape. Although the cape is this peachy-pink color in the original magazine article, the caption below the image in the magazine is, “Little Red Riding Hood might have loaned her cloak as model for pattern No. 8356”…
Bride and Bridesmaid ~ Free Vintage Graphic
Here is a beautiful image of a Victorian bride posing with her bridesmaid (or perhaps maid of honor). They are framed by a lovely ornate design. The illustration is from the October 1902 issue of The Delineator magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Ladies’ Mourning Toilette ~ Free Victorian Clip Art
Here is an illustration of a Victorian lady modelling a Ladies’ Mourning Toilette. The toilette was designed with four patterns, including: Ladies’ Basque, Over-Skirt, Sprung Collar and Half-Circle Skirt. The illustration is from the April 1894 issue of The Delineator magazine. Here is a black and white clip art version of the image. Click on images to…
Old Fashioned Ladies’ Shoes ~ Free Vintage Image
This shabby vintage catalog page features four lovely, old fashioned, styles of ladies’ and one style of girls’ tall, lace-up shoes. Sale prices for the shoes range between $4.29 to $6.48 for the ladies’ styles and $2.98 for the girls’ style. The page is from a Chicago Mail Order Co. clothing catalogue, titled Challenge Sale that expired on February…
Victorian Ladies’ Hats ~ Free Clip Art
Here are two clip art images of lovely Victorian ladies’ hats. The catalogue description for the first hat is “Black Fancy Straw, with black chiffon folds and pompons, wreath of violets in white and natural shades, fold of velvet on under brim. $4.98, 6.48. Same hat untrimmed, black only .95” The description for the second…
Victorian Ladies’ Toilette ~ Free Clip Art
Here is a lovely illustration of a Victorian lady wearing an elegant hat and modelling a beautiful Ladies’ Toilette, an outfit designed from two pattern pieces: a Ladies’ Coat Polonaise and a Ladies’ Skirt. The lady is standing at the bottom of a set of stairs, with her right hand behind her back and her…
Victorian Corsets ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here are two clip art images of Victorian corsets. Both styles have extra long waists and lacy bottoms. This first corset was available in sizes 18 to 26 inches and cost $1.00 in white or drab or $1.25 in black. The same style with sateen strips was available in white, drab or black at a cost of $1.50….
Victorian Ladies’ Jacket ~ Free Vintage Clip Art
Here is an illustration of a Victorian lady modelling a Ladies’ Double-Breasted Jacket. The image is from the March 1895 issue of The Delineator magazine. Here is a black and white clip art version. Click on images to enlarge.
Feder’s Pompadour Ad ~ Free Vintage Image
Here is a vintage magazine advertisement for a Feder’s Pompadour skirt protector. The ad features an illustration of a Victorian woman wearing a long warm coat over a floor-length dress. A bit of ruffle is showing at the hem of her dress. Click on image to enlarge.
