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1970s

1970s – Mixed Fashion Pictures, Skirts, Coats, Maxis & Girl’s dresses

By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com This set of pages looks at pictures of fashion designs from a 1977 dressmaking magazine. The 1970s thumbnail pictures below in the main chart all enlarge to A4 size when printed. These 1970s images are taken from a 1977 dressmaking pattern magazine of unbranded dressmaking patterns from a weekly …

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1950s, Fashion History

1950s Wedding Dress – Year 1953 Bride in Short Cocktail Dress Photo

By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com Jackie Kennedy Wedding Dress 1953 Jacqueline Bouvier married John Fitzgerald Kennedy on 12 Septemeber 1953.  She was 24, he 36.  They were married in Newport, Rhode Island.  Jackie’s wedding dress was a ball gown of ivory silk taffeta with a huge round skirt. The dress created by dressmaker Ann Lowe. …

Fashion History

Photos from the 1800s – How to Date an Old Photograph – Charlotte 1870s

By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com The Costume Detective How to Date Photos with Costume History Dating the Photos from the 1800s of Charlotte Emma Pitman The old photograph below is one I examined with the understanding that the date estimated was likely to be 5 years either side of the actual photograph. Lindsay the …

1940s, Fashion History

1940s Silhouettes Timeline Drawings Women Fashion 1940s

By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.com I have drawn a variety of shapes to illustrate women’s fashion silhouettes from 1940.  These illustrations capture the elements of silhouettes found in old magazines such as Le Petit Echo de la Mode, Butterick and McCall’s pattern books of the day.  I have redrawn them in my own style …

Fashion History

Pictures of Early Medieval Womens Hair & Headdresses 1066-1327 | Medieval Hairstyles

Edited By Pauline Weston Thomas For Fashion-Era.com This costume history page is about Medieval Hairstyles. It consists of a  selection of women-only headdresses and hairstyle illustrations and text from 1066 to 1327 all taken from Calthrop’s English Costume. They are as shown in individual Calthrop costume pages for specific eras on 36 other pages in …