Reproduction Fashion Plates, Vintage Sewing Manuals and Catalogues

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Happy #fashionplatefriday ! I have a bit of a mystery this week - these two plates came into my collection with no information about what publication they were printed in, or what year they're from. All I know is that they're likely both from the sam
This #fashionplatefriday I'd like to highlight the six 1820s fashion plates that I have available currently as reproduction plates (and give an update on the others). 1. Le Journal Des Dames et Des Modes, plate no. 2201 from 1823. "Chapeau de
This plate from December of 1868, published by the Journal des Demoiselles, features three festive winter ensembles, one of which is made out of what I think is a very easy fabric to find a modern substitute for. "Diamantine", the fabric u
This fashion plate, originally published in the Journal des Demoiselles in November of 1883, may be familiar to owner's of "Fashion Plates: 150 Years of Style" by @dressedpodcast 's April Calahan. A different copy of this fashion plate is f