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Fashion plates are generalized portraits that depict the style of clothes that a dressmaker, store, or tailor can manufacture or supply. They can also show how various materials can be used to make garments. These illustrations played a substantial…

This fashion plate is labeled “London Dresses for October. Published by Vernor Hood and Sharpe, Oct. 1, 1808.” During this period high-waisted Empire dresses were popular. The waistline ends just below the bust and the trim at the hem is becoming…

Fashion plates were popular from the late 18th century throughout the 19th and were used to indicate certain styles of clothing that dressmakers, tailors, or a store can make (Nevinson, 2021). These were highly useful during these centuries due to…

This fashion plate, entitled “Fashionable Walking and Evening Dresses for October 1818” was published October 1, 1818 by Dean & Munday, Threadneedle Street, as noted on the bottom of the plate. Dean & Munday was a printer located in London…

This fashion plate from The Lady’s Museum illustrates two evening dresses for February 1803. While the two ensembles are different, both begin with a short sleeved white dress with an empire waist. The figure on the lefts wears a Regency open robe in…

This fashion plate is dated July 1818 and depicts two women wearing fashionable garments of the time. The woman on the left, sitting down, is wearing an evening gown with elbow-length gloves and necklaces. Her hair is covered with a draped hat, with…

The fashion plate is inscribed Moden Z 1817, No. 39. The German word "Moden" means "fashion" in English. This particular plate showcases three women in empire-waist dresses with long sleeves and horizontal decoration at the bottom of each dress. Each…

The fashion plate shown here appeared in The Lady’s Monthly Museum or Polite Repository of Amusement and Instruction. Published in London between 1798 and 1832, The Lady’s Monthly had a collection of subjects for women including poems, essays, and…

Fashion plates in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries showed what dressmakers were making in London and Paris. Every few years a new waistline or sleeve appeared in Paris, and fashion plates made it easy to keep up with the latest…

The beginning of the nineteenth century featured a radical turn in fashion with the introduction of neoclassical styles. Simplified white chemises with empire waistlines dominated the streets of London, where this fashion plate was printed. Marie…