Fashion Plate, London Fashionable Evening & Full Dresses
1810

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Subject

Illustration

Title

Fashion Plate, London Fashionable Evening & Full Dresses
1810

Date

1810

Description

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 trends. Most British women looked to France for fashion news, and British fashion plates were just reissued French plates.

This fashion plate was engraved in 1810 for the Lady’s Magazine. It shows evening and “full” dress. Both gowns have empire waistlines, low square necklines, and short sleeves. The gowns are accessorized with gloves, shawls and snood-like hats. The seated figure’s dress is yellow, an up-and-coming hue that rivalled the ubiquitous white of many Neoclassical gowns.

Source

URI Purchase

Identifier

URI 1957.99.35

Contributor

Hannah Sechio

Publisher

The Lady's Magazine

Collection

Citation

“Fashion Plate, London Fashionable Evening & Full Dresses
1810,” Historic Textile and Costume Collection, accessed March 29, 2024, https://uritextilecollection.omeka.net/items/show/488.