Early Victorian Era Fashion Plate - July 1841 Godey's Lady's Book

Early Victorian Era Fashion Plate - July 1841 Godey's Lady's Book

FASHIONS.
There being no changes in the fashions, we give some fancy dresses for balls that will suit the ensuing month; also several very beautiful dresses for children, admirably coloured; indeed we think that not even the French periodicals excel the Lady's Book in this branch of our business.

Early Victorian Era Fashion Plate - April 1852 Le Moniteur de la Mode

Early Victorian Era Fashion Plate - April 1852 Le Moniteur de la Mode Description of the Engravings - No. 324 1st Figure - Walking Dress - Bonnet of green crape and taffeta, trimmed with black lace and ribbons. The brim is trimmed all round the edge with a crape bouillonne which is confined over creves of green ribbon, confined at intervals by small twist rosettes. The band of the brim and the crown is fluted afeta, the edge of the band near the crown is also held by ribbon creves. The two rows of creves are decorated with black lace; the top of crown is soft and covered with crape. The curtain is taffein surrounded with crape like the edge of the brim; a double bow with two loose ends falls behind. The inside of the brim is trimmed with two rows of black lace, and on each side two branches of white and common lilac, one upwards, the other downwards, with green foliage shaded brown. Dress and mantelet of taffeta, with taffeta applications of another colour. The bottom plain and high; buttoned all the way up. Skirt with three flounces terminated by an application of a different taffeta. The mantelet scarf is composed of a lapel turned back shawl-fashion, and a flounce gathered under the bottom of the part forming the mentelet. On the lapel there is only one row of application in the scollop shape, at bottom there are two; on the flounce three. The flounces of the skirt have two rows of scollops on the first, three on the second; four on the third. This trimming is made with taffeta application, and the festoons forming the scollops are formed with silk braid held down by a large festoon stitch. As it is not easy to obtain very wide braid of coloured silk, two may be laid beside each other. Each of these trimmings is terminated by a frosted fringe barely an inch deep. 2nd Figure - Little Girl of Ten or Twelve - White taffeta drawn bonnet composed of bouillonnes, sitting well round the face. Round crown, curtain with three rows. The inside of the brim is covered with narrow blonds and the cheeks are accompanied by tufts of white daisies. Waistcoat of white watered silk; high, buttoning up straight; little green buttons. Lappets and skirt of taffeta trimmed with velvet. The lappet is very scant; high behind, open in front; it is confined at the waist by a short band and two buttons. The skirt rounds well on the hipand forms behind a double plait in the caraco shape. The pagoda sleeves are hollowed on each side, so as to form a roundish point both on the upper and under side. The skirt has three flounces trimmed at the edges with a velvet an inch and a quarter wide; then half an inch above the wide velvet there is another of No 1. Two rows of narrow lace stand up to form the collar. The under-sleeve follows the shape of the upper one; it is composed of two rows of embroidered insertions with two narrow valenciennes; these two rows are placed one higher than the other. Same arrangement for the trowsers. 3rd Figure - Little Boy of Five or Six - Felt hat with wide undulated brims; spherical crown. A black satin ribbon, passing through a steel buckle goes round the crown; a large black satin bow is set on one side, and from it hang two long ends of broad black satin ribbon. This beautiful hat was made by M. Desprey, hatter, 38, boulevard des Italiens. Wide Charles I. collar of open embroidery tied with two small cords having tassels at the end. Skirt and pardessus of violet watered silk. The latter is cut high and round in the back neck; the waist is hollowed so as to give width to the bottom without having recourse to plaits. The sleeves, half short, have a satin cuff. A broad satin ribbon runs down the front and round the bottom of the pardessus. The under garment is also of watered silk. On the skirt, which is arranged in hollow plaits at the waist, it does not stand out, but forms flutes all round the bottom. The under-sleeve is openwork embroidery; as is the bottom of the pantaloons also. The gaiters are black cloth with blue steel buttons.

Early Victorian Fashion Plate - July 1859 Journal des Demoiselles

Early Victorian Fashion Plate - July 1859 Journal des Demoiselles

Explication de la Gravure de Modes

1st Toilette de jeune fille - Robe et echarpe de mousseline; jupe unie avec haut ourlet; corsage plat, rond et montant; double boucle d'acier; manches pagodes; col et sous-manches de mousseline. Chapeau de paille de riz, rose sur le cote, bouton de rose dessous. Ombrelle de moire blanche.

2nd toilette - Robe et basquine de poil de chevre bordee d'un ruban pose a cheval; manches a larges revers. Capote de crepe avec chou de taffetas decoupe sur le cote.

Toilette de petite fille - Robe et basquine de pique, bordee d'un haut biais de velours; manches a revers, egalement bordees de velours; col et sous-manches de nansouk. Chapeau de paille d'Italie orne dessus et dessous de flots de velours etroits.

(below is a literal translation via Babelfish)
Explanation of the Fashion plate

1st Toilet of young girl - Dress and scarf of muslin; skirt linked with high hem; flat, round blouse and amount; double loop d' steel; sleeves pagodas; collar and under-handles of muslin. Straw hat of rice, pink on the dimension, rosebud below. Sunshade of white moire.

2nd toilet - Dress and basquine of hair of bordered goat d' a ribbon poses has horse; handles has broad reverses. Hood of crepe with cabbage of taffeta cuts out on the dimension.

Toilet of little girl - Dress and basquine of spade, broadside d' a high velvet skew; handles has reverse, also bordered of velvet; collar and under-handles of nansouk. Straw hat d' Italy decorates above and below narrow velvet floods.

Early Victorian Children's Fashions - October 1855 Godey's Lady's Book

Early Victorian Children's Fashions - October 1855 Godey's Lady's Book

Juvenile Fashion Plate

Fig 1 - Dress for a young lady of fourteen. The skirt a plaid poplin, worn with a closely-fitting basque; undersleeves, with loops of black velvet ribbon. Drawn rose-colored satin hat, the braid crossing the forehead inside the brim.

Fig 2 - Pale green silk evening-dress of a young lady of the same age; hair plaited away from the cheek, and carried under the ear.

Fig 3 - Lad of twelve or fifteen. Dark coat and trousers. The cuffs of the habit skirt and coat turn back; blue necktie.

Fig 4 - Pale gray cashmere walking-dress for a little girl of twelve. Skirt in three flounces; sleeves in one puff, and deep frill. Bretelles and sleeve-trimming of moire antique ribbon the same shade. Plain blue taffeta hat, with full blonde cap.

Figs 5, 6, 7, 8 - Graceful costumes for younger children.

Early Victorian Era Fashion Plate - September 1855 Godey's Lady's Book

Early Victorian Era Fashion Plate - September 1855 Godey's Lady's Book

Description of the Fashion Plate for September

Fig 1 - Dinner or evening-dress of India muslin; the skirt has three flounces in large vandyked needle-work points. The corsage has puffs running from the shoulder to the edge of the basque, which is finished with needlework points to correspond, as are the sleeves. Sleeves in three full puffs, and two flounces, the second flounce terminating in a bow on the forearm; flat bows of narrow rose-colored ribbon are continued around the throat, and butterfly bows around the basque and sleeves. This is a pretty style for a white dress in any material, Swiss muslin, cambric, etc.; the bows may be of any color to suit the hair and eyes; rose color, blue, pale green, or violet are preferable. Hair in waved bandeaux.

Fig 2 - Child's dress, a skirt and spencer. The skirt is of fawn-colored silk, with bands of blue moire antique ribbon of graduated width; spencer of dotted Swiss muslin, without a frill. Sack of blue and white ribbon; blue cashmere boots.

Fig 3 - Dress of pink mousseline or cashmere; round waist and mousquetaire sleeves. The trimming is what is commonly called "moss," quite narrow, and an exact match; simple chemisette, and sleeves of cambric to match. Bonnet of Belgian straw, with meshes of narrow white and blue ribbon, and studded by white butterfly bows.

The baby speaks for itself, in carriage-cap and robe; and the tout ensemble of the group we do not hesitate to pronounce artistic, as well as in simple good taste.

Early Victorian Children's Fashions - July 1857 Godey's Lady's Book

Early Victorian Children's Fashions - July 1857 Godey's Lady's Book

Juvenile Picnic Party
We have given nothing more graceful or seasonable than this charming group for many a day. The pretty garden-scene unites the merit of a lovely picture, with the accuracy of a fashion-plate.

Fig 1 - Little girl of ten. Dress of dove-colored challie; the skirt in four full flounces of moderate depth, relieved by a narrow black velvet (or at pleasure of the same shade as the dress) at a hem's distance from the edge; the basque and sleeves are flounced to correspond with a ruche of satin ribbon as a heading. Cambric collar and under-sleeves. Hat of green silk, mixed with black velvets; the inside cap has a few blush roses without foliage.

Fig 2 - Young lady from twelve to fourteen years of age. Robe dress of glace silk, the ground a pale green, with fine black bars; the pattern, broad black and white stripes in full contrast. Drawn bonnet of pale rose-colored silk and crape; full cap, with clusters of rose-colored ribbon loops.

Child's Dress - Blue cashmere, ornamented with turquoise blue cut buttons. Cambric chemisette, sleeves, and trowsers. Small hat, with a drooping plume.

Fig 3 - Party dress for a little girl from eight to twelve; the skirt of pale cherry-colored silk, with three rows of broad net fringe set on flat and plain; peasant waist of spotted muslin in plaits, over which is a narrow bretelle of the same silk as the skirt, with three rows of narrow black velvet, edged by a fall of fringe. Hair in short close curls, the reigning fashion of twenty years since readopted. The hair must be cut quite short, parted through the middle, from the brow to the neck, and rolled in large close tiers curls. There is something especially youthful and charming in this style of coiffure.

Fig 4 - Boy of four years old. Poplin walking-dress, with constellated trimming in black velvet ribbon and buttons. Leghorn cap, with a broad blue band.

Fig 5 - Little girl's street dress; the double skirt is a tissue, green, with a bar of black, the favorite contrast this season; basque of black silk, the jupe very deep, and with two plaits at the back; the corsage is perfectly plain; the bretelles narrow to a point in front and back; at the waist, and beneath this point spring the lappels, of the same, which are of the same depth as the jupe; the trimming is a pinked scallop, turned back on the material, and edged with ball fringe. This basque is also suited to older sisters for a home dress, and may be worn with any style of skirt. Bonnet of Leghorn braid and white silk; the latter material forms the crown, which is diced with black velvet ribbon.

Fig 6 - Infant's dress of cambric needlework; it has a bretelle waist, sash, and short flat shoulder-knots.

Early Victorian Era Fashion Plate - July 1852 Le Moniteur de la Mode

Early Victorian Era Fashion Plate - July 1852 Le Moniteur de la Mode

Description of the Engravings

1st Figure - Walking Toilet - Bonnet o lisse crape and tulle puffed. It is covered with white lace reaching beyond the edge of the brim, falling in front, after what is called the Mary Stuart style. The brim inside is trimmed, on the one hand with a tuft of roses mixed up with narrow white blondes; and on the other it has a feather of graduated shades, which is placed outside and then turns over the edge and comes inside near the cheek; strings of white gauze ribbon.

Barege dress, trimmed with taffeta ribbons and fringes bordering the trimmings.

Body lapping over, the right on the left, having a flat lapel parallel to the edge. The body is gathered at the waist, on the shoulders and at the bottom of the back.

A No. 22 ribbon forms a waistband, and ties on the left side at the bottom of the lapels. This ribbon matches that used for the trimming of the dress.

The sleeve is composed of four frills one over the other. The skirt, which is very full, has seven graduated flounces. All are bordered with a narrow fringe. The lapel of the body, the frills of the sleeves, and flounces of the skirts are ornamented with ribbons; those on the body are No. 9, those on the skirt No. 12.

On the lapels and sleeves the No. 9 ribbons are placed at intervals of three inches.

On the flounces the No. 12 ribbons, 2 3/4 inches wide, are placed farther apart.

The white lace which replaces the habit-shirt follows the outline of the body.

The under-sleeve is composed of a large bouillonne of thin muslin, tight at the wrist, but falling full over it in the shape of a bell. Two rows of lace fall on the hand.

2nd Figure - A Girl from Nine to Eleven - Hair parted down the middle and rolled in plats at the sides.

Frock of white muslin.

Short sleeves. Body low. Six flounces on the skirt.

A wide pink silk ribbon passed under the sleeve, is tied at top in a large bow, so that the sleeve is drawn together in it, and leaves the shoulder visible.

A plain band runs along the top of the body, which is plaited legthwise in very small plaits.

A sash of No. 22 goes round the waist and is tied in front.

The six flounces of the skirt have all small plaits in them. Each flounce has a narrow hem, the edges are not festooned.

3rd Figure - Boy of Seven - Tuscan hat sewed with rounded corners. The edges of sides of the hat is turned up or rolled on itself. The band is wide, and of white cotton, edged with small straw trimmings; it forms a bow on the right hand side. On the left falls a bouquet of white cock's feathers which come from under the band.

Nankeen blouse buttoning up the side, with ivory buttons, it is not gathered on the shoulder.

Patent leather belt with steel buckle.

The sleeves, rather short, wide at bottom, are buttoned at the sides.

Cardinal's collar.

Under-sleeves and trowsers of openwork embroidery.

Early Victorian Era Children's Clothing - March 1843 Godey's Lady's Book

Early Victorian Era Children's Clothing - March 1843 Godey's Lady's Book

No description for this plate was given in the magazine.

Early Victorian Era Children's Fashions - December 1859 Peterson's Magazine

Early Victorian Era Children's Fashions - December 1859 Peterson's Magazine

Children's Fashions

Fig 1 - Dress for a little girl of about five years of age, of scarlet merino - The skirt has four tucks, not placed close together. The low body has four tucks in front, which is edged with lappels passing over the shoulders.

Fig 2 - Evening dress for a young girl of fifteen years of age - This dress is of lilac silk, with two skirts. The upper one is edged with three rows of scalloped ribbon, ut on above the narrow hem; the lower and upper rows are of white ribbon, and the middle row of the same color as the dress. The body is made with a sharp point in front, and trimmed with a Marie Antoinette bertha, with long ends, made of the same material as the dress, and trimmed to correspond with the upper skirt. The sleeves are trimmed with rows of ribbon like the berthe. A band, and bows of black velvet, and loops of pearl beads, compose the head-dress.

Fig 3 - A out-of-doors dress for a girl twelve years of age - The frock is of a Maria Louise blue merino. There is a side-trimming on the skirt, placed so as to look as if it fell back, and trimmed with a row of black velvet and black velvet buttons. A trimming to correspond with the skirt ornaments the body and sleeves. A bonnet of white satin, quilted, and trimmed with blue velvet.

Early Victorian Era Children's Fashions - July 1855 Godey's Lady's Book

Early Victorian Children's Fashions - July 1855 Godey's Lady's Book

Fig 1 - Costume for a boy of twelve, plae buff trousers of light summer cloth, tunic of plaid poplin, a deep purple shade, "Wide Awake" hat.

Fig 2 - Lad's costume, white trousers, white Marseilles vest, cut so as to show the plaited shirt front, colored neck-tie, pale ash-colored coatee.

Fig 3 - School-girl's dress of pomona green barege, cut low in the neck, with a narrow yoke, and gathered into a belt at the waist; high chemisette of plaited cambric; small mantle of black silk; broad Leghorn hat, trimmed with rose-colored taffeta ribbon.

Fig 4 - Baby dress, for a child two years old, white cambric embroidery, the sleeves tied with blue ribbons; small drawn bonnet of white silk, tied with blue ribbon.

Fig 5 - Boy's dress, trousers of gray kerseymere, tunic of nankeen, with blue bands, small white linen collar.

Fig 6 - Fanciful dress for a boy from three to five years of age.

Fig 7 - Dress for a little girl from ten to twelve, skirt of crossbarred blue barege, white cambric spencer, with plaited frills. The arrangement of the hair is particularly graceful and becoming.

Fig 8 - Girl's walking dress of pink glace silk flounced, the jacket trimmed to correspond.