Fashion plates (1819-1824) by John Bell (England, 1745 – 1831). Hand-coloured engravings on paper.
Parisian Evening Dress (1821), Parisian Evening Dress (1821), Ball Dress (1822), Walking Dress (1824), Parisian Opera Costume (1819), Public Promenade Dress (1819), English Summer Recess Walking Dress (1819), English Evening Dress (1820), Parisian Ball Dress (1820), Full Dress for the Opera, Theatre &c (1815)).
Images and text courtesy LACMA.
Costume and Textiles
here you go:
- Medieval (9th-15th century):
- 10th century and earlier
- Romance (1000-1250)
- 11th century
- 12th century
- 13th century
- more 13th century
- 14th century
- more 14th
- 15th century
- and more 15th century
- Gothic (1150-1550)
- Renaissance (1520-1650)
- 16th & 17th century
- 16th century
- more 16th
- Tudors (1500-1550)
- more Tudors
- Elizabethan Period (1558-1603)
- Jacobean Era (1603-1625)
- 17th century
- more 17th century
- and again
- and even more
- this won’t stop
- Baroque (1600-1750)
- Georgian Period (1714-1830):
- 18th century
- more 18th century
- 18th century women’s fashion
- 18th century men’s fashion
- Rococo (1720-1770)
- Classicism (1770-1790)
- children 18th-19th century
- Regency Preiod (1811-1820)/ Empire (1800-1820s):
- 1790-1820s
- more stuff on regency and georgian era
- even more
- that’s not enough regency
- and more
- how is there so much
- early 19th century men’s wear
- early 19th century women’s wear
- Victorian Period (1837-1901):
- Romantic Era (1820-1840s)
- Civil War Era/1850-1860s
- 1870-1890s
- more victorian
- Edwardian Period (1901-1910):
- 1900-1910s
- Belle Epoque (1880-1910s)
- more edwardian/belle époque
- Modern:
- 1910s-1920s [Fashion between the World Wars]
- 1920s
- more roaring 20s
- so much 20s
- 1920s hairstyles
- 1930s
- 1930-1940s
- 1930-1950s
- 1950s
- more 50s
- 1960s
- 1960-1970s
- 1980s
lots of periods in one spot/fashion through centuries:
- here, here, and here is almost everything (and properly ordered)
- also here with lots of historic fashion magazines
- historic fashion
- costumes of antiquity
- more historical clothing
- history of fashion
- more history of fashion
- “vintage” clothing
- historic costumes
- children’s historical fashion/toys
- details
- historic wedding dresses
- historic assecoires (hats, shoes…)
- hats
- masks
- parasols
- lots of embroidery/jewlery
it indeed is western/european centric, I’m sorry for that, but for other cultures I simply don’t have so many references
“Outside the sky waits: beckoning, beckoning, just beyond the bars… How can you remain, staring at the rain, maddened by the stars?”
Day 231: Johanna Barker (Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street)
The Women Those ‘Evolution Of Beauty’ Videos Leave Out
With videos like “100 Years of Lingerie in 3 Minutes” or “100 Years of Beauty: Germany,” the Internet has been treated to gorgeous viral videos that show the glamorous side of women’s lives throughout history, but according to Polish costume blogger Karolina Zebrowska these videos are leaving out reality.
skysonglark reference 