Free Printable Fashion History Illustrations: A Pair of Fancy Hats for Spring, 1875

Spring: a lovely reminder of how beautiful change can truly be.
― Anonymous
A pair of vintage fashion illustrations showing fancy hats for spring from 1875. The lady on the left is wearing a hat of black satin-finished chip while the lady on the right is modelling a hat made of dark steel-gray French chip.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration: Victorian Lady in Carriage Dress, 1860

A page from Godey's Lady's Book in 1860 (I think it is from June or July? I am not sure as the cover is missing). The description for the dress reads:

The Agatha. ― Dress of pale Pomona green taffetas; the under skirt having a horizontal trimming of black silk set on with a slight fulness (sic); the upper skirt has a diagonal trimming to correspond; corsage square, pagoda sleeves, rather long and flowing.

At the top of the page is an embroidery pattern for a child's skirt.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration: Victorian Lady in a Gored Robe, 1860

A page from Godey's Lady's Book in 1860 (I think it is from July or August; I am not sure as the cover is missing). The description for the dress reads:

La Princesse. ― This carriage or home-dress is another variation of the gored robe, the skirt coming in at the waist in broad, square plaits; the stuff or material for this season of the year is a light reps cloth, of silk or worsted in naroow, horizontal stripes; flat bows of silk, the prevailing color of the dress. Bonnet of Cobourg straw, with a Clotilde veil.

At the top of the page is an embroidery pattern for a shirt bosom.

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