Look stunning in a traditional Indian lehenga! With its intricate embroidery and flowing silhouette, this dress is perfect for weddings and special occasions.
The Queen Magazine
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comThe Queen Magazine 1861More C19th important fashion magazines are dealt with on earlier pages. In the main the French fashion magazines made more impact than any other publications. All others looked to France for inspiration.One of the longest-running English female magazines was The Queen magazine which began in 1861. Samuel …
1800 Mens Fashion Plates
Antique Fashion & Costume PlatesBy Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comMale Fashion Through Fashion Plates 1800-1900The carefully selected fashion plates from James Laver’s Fashions and Fashion Plates 1800 – 1900, a petite little 18cm by 12cm book of 1943, includes some reprints of men’s fashion plates from all the well known fashion journals of the C19th …
Victorian Children’s Clothes Fashion Plates
Victorian children’s clothing was highly gendered, formal, modest, and involved layering with pastel colors, lightweight fabrics, hats, and simple leather shoes.
Children in Costume History 1810 to 1820 Fashions for Regency Girls
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comThese costume colouring in pictures reflect the variety of clothes styles girls mostly wore.Colouring in Pictures of Early C19th Regency Children’s Costume 1810 – 1820The fashion for girls hardly changed, although sleeves showed more fullness as they were gathered into the shoulder and squarer necklines were used more. Hair remained …
1950s Teenage Male Fashion History – Teddy Boys
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comThe Growth of Teenagers as a Market Force in 1950’s Society1950s TeenagersUntil 1950 the term teenagers had never before been coined. Children were known as girls and boys were known as youths once they displayed signs of puberty.Then young people were grown up at 18 and fully adult legally at …
1950s Timeline Chart – 1950-1960
By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comThe scientific and mass production advances made during the Second World War meant that the fifties changed forever the way people lived, for example, technological changes in fibres, communication and medicine.The fifties changed all our lives so that we do live differently now. Take a look at some 1950s events …
1950s Dressmaking Patterns – Glamour Fashion Fifties Sewing Pattern History
Some popular patterns in 1950s fashion were polka dots, stripes, gingham checks, floral prints, and geometric shapes.
1950s Underwear 1950s Underwear Adverts of Fifties Corselette Girdles, Bras & SlipsGirdles, Bras and Corselettes – Fashion Glamour History
A look into the changes of undergarments in fashion history from girdles to french knickers set.
Pictures of 1950s Coats and Suits – 1955 Fashion Plates
1950s coat fashion plates