1840s womens fashion

Baby got back! Fashion plate from the December 1884 Godey's Ladies' Book. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkJdEFf_Qg4

Let's take a quick look at what the Early Victorian woman of fashion would have ideally worn, courtesy of some plates from The New Monthly Belle Assemblee. It should be noted that only a minority of women wore clothes like this made of fine fabrics and intended for very specific occasions. Even most of the women who read this magazine might have seen them as more to be aspired to than actually worn! As usual, the person who wrote the original descriptions of these plates interlarded the text…

Posts about evening dresses written by Byron's Muse

So, last week I made a silly mistake and published two Rate the Dresses. I noticed it a few hours later and withdrew the one I hadn’t meant to publish. So most of you only saw the 1780s pastel polonaised froof that I left up (and most of didn’t particularly care for it and rated it a not-very inspiring 5.2 out of 10). But some of you did get a sneak-peek at this week’s Rate the Dress, so have had all week to think about whether you like it or not.. 1840s dresses can be a bit, well, plain and…