This Victorian fashion plate features an illustration of two women dressed in beautiful fashions of the day. The lady on the left is wearing a dark purple blouse with poufy upper sleeves. Her blouse is decorated with white lace and finished with a white lace collar, white lace edging on the sleeves, as well as…
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Antique Ladies Dress
Here is an illustration of an antique ladies dress. A description for this dress (referred to as a Ladies’ Costume), from the magazine is, “FIGURE No. 317L. – This illustrates a Ladies’ costume. The pattern, which is No. 7579 and costs 1s, 8d, or 40 cents, is in fifteen sizes for ladies from twenty-eight to…
Victorian Lady Pictures Clip Art
This vintage ladies’ magazine page includes an illustration of a Victorian lady modelling a Ladies’ Toilette – consisting of a Coat Polonaise and Skirt. The description below the illustration continues, “The Skirt has a Deeply Shirred Front and Sides and a Full Straight Back and is Desirable to be worn with Coat-Polonaises and Basques.” …
Shabby Antique Fashion Pages
Here are two shabby antique fashion pages that include ten illustrations of models dressed in a variety of ladies’ clothing from the early Victorian era. The pages are from the January 1842 issue of The New Monthly Belle Assemblee. Click on images to enlarge.
Victorian Lady in Pink Christmas Card
This vintage Christmas postcard features a Victorian lady in a lovely pink and white dress. The lady is tying the pink ribbon of her green bonnet as she prepares to go out. Her matching green winter coat, or cape, is on the chair in the background. It appears the lady will be attending a Christmas party…
Commencement Gowns 1904
Here are clip art illustrations of several young ladies modelling a variety of elegant commencement gowns that were fashionable in the early 1900s. The images are from the March 1904 issue of McCall’s magazine. Click on images to enlarge.
Ladies with Parasols
This lovely vintage illustration features two ladies visiting outdoors. They are both dressed in long, beautiful dresses and elaborate hats. Each lady is holding a parasol. The image is from the June 1908 issue of The Delineator magazine. Click on image to enlarge.
Victorian Lady Pictures Clip Art
Here is a Victorian ladies’ dress. The illustration shows the outfit being worn for graduation. The lady in the image is wearing a hat and carrying a rolled up diploma in her left hand. Here is a black and white clip art version. My original scan is from the April 1894 issue The Delineator magazine. Click…
Victorian Girls Fashion Clip Art
Here are two clip art illustrations that feature Victorian girls’ fashion for the summer of 1900. The first illustration is referred to as a Children’s Blouse Suit.A description from the magazine includes, “This natty little suit is stylishly and serviceably made of white serge trimmed with narrow blue braid and fancy buttons. The large sailor…
Young Ladies’ Fashion 1914
This vintage page illustrates three lovely young ladies modelling dresses sewn from patterns that were designed and sized for teenagers and small women – some of the latest styles for the spring of 1914. The page includes details such as: cost of the patterns, amounts of fabric to buy for each pattern as well as…
Victorian Ladies’ Dresses Clip Art
I went through a few of my vintage fashion magazines in search of some elegant Victorian ladies’ dresses. Here are four of the prettiest dresses I found. #1 is a Princess Dress from the May 1899 issue of The Delineator magazine. #2 is a Ladies’ Costume from the May 1899 issue of The Delineator magazine….
Ladies’ Promenade Toilette
Here is an illustration of a Victorian lady modelling a Ladies’ Promenade Toilette which consists of a Ladies’ Double-Breasted Ripple Basque and a Circular Skirt. The outfit is floor length, with a full skirt, high neckline and large poufy sleeves. She is also wearing a lovely hat. The lady is carrying an umbrella in her…
