Free Printable Fashion History Illustration for Altered Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Beach Promenade Costumes, 1886

They walked, and the long waves rolled and murmured rhythmically beside them;
the fresh salty wind blew free and unobstructed in their faces,
wrapped itself around their ears, and made them feel slightly numb and deliciously dizzy.
They walked along in that wide, peaceful, whispering hush of the sea
that gives every sound, near or far, some mysterious importance.
― Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
Vintage fashion history illustration featuring two ladies in promenade dresses, strolling along the seaside in 1886. From my personal collection of antique La Mode Illustrée magazines.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration for Altered Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts, Scrapbooking or Wall Art: Bathing Costumes, 1886

Friends, sun, sand and sea. That sounds like a summer to me.
― Unknown

Vintage fashion history illustration featuring a gathering of family and friends at the beach in Victorian bathing costumes for 1886. From my personal collection of antique La Mode Illustrée.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration for Altered Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts, Scrapbooking or Wall Art: Summer Hats for Ladies and Girls, 1886

... it's a smile, it's a kiss, it's a sip of wine ... it's summertime!
― Kenny Chesney

Vintage fashion history illustration featuring a collection of summer hats for ladies and girls from 1886. From my personal collection of antique La Mode Illustrée.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration for Altered Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Victorian Ladies in the Park 1 (1886)

If you have two friends in your lifetime, you're lucky.
If you have one good friend, you're more than lucky.
― S.E. Hinton

Antique illustration of two Victorian ladies dressed in 1886 promenade costumes for a stroll in the park. The lady on the left is carrying a fan while the lady on the right is holding a parasol. From my personal collection of La Mode Illustrée.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration: Victorian Ladies in Winter Coats 1 (1886)

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others;
for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness;
and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
— Audrey Hepburn
Antique illustration of two Victorian ladies in fur-trimmed winter coats out for a walk. From my personal collection of La Mode Illustrée.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration: Victorian Lady in Floral Frame 1 (1886)

Words can sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds.
― Elie Wiesel
Antique illustration of a Victorian lady with fur-trimmed bodice carrying an ostrich plume fan, enclosed within a floral frame, with a background of old vintage paper. From my personal collection of La Mode Illustrée.

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Free Printable Victorian Fashion History Illustration: When We Were Young, 1886

The worst part of holding the memories is not the pain. It's the loneliness of it.
Memories need to be shared.
― Lois Lowry, The Giver
An antique black and white illustration from 1886 that shows three Victorian ladies sharing a memory of their childhood. An image of the three ladies as girls is shown in the drawing below the portraits of the ladies wearing their fancy hats. Both the drawings of the ladies and of the girls are enclosed within a frame of curving leaves and grasses. From my personal collection of La Mode Illustrée.

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Free Printable Victorian Fashion History Illustrations: Around the Town 1 & 2 (1886)

But the beauty is in the walking; we are betrayed by destinations.
― Gwyn Thomas
Two Victorian illustrations of people walking down the street from my personal collection of La Mode Illustrée. The first one shows a lady in a veil being led down the street by a young girl with a fancy folio. The second picture shows a mother and her two daughters on the cobblestoned street of what looks to be a bustling town, perhaps awaiting their carriage?

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration: Young Victorian Ladies at a Masquerade Ball 1 (1886)

Pretending can be a bold form of experimentation and inventiveness.
In pretending joy or happiness, we may discover or enhance our capacity for it.
― Harriet Lerner

A black and white illustration from 1886, originally published in La Mode Illustrée showing a trio of young ladies (teens) at a masquerade party.

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20 volumes of La Mode Illustrée to digitize!

Okay, I've bought huge lots of antique books from eBay before but this is the...biggest one ever! 20, yes, TWENTY bound volumes of full-year La Mode Illustrée magazines ranging from 1873 to 1903 - the originals, not reproductions. These books are huge, measuring approximately 15" x 11" bound - over 120 pounds of books that were shipped to me all the way from a dealer in Ireland! Swoon. With gorgeous illustrations of Victorian and Edwardian fashion on almost every single page, my rough calculation is that I have at least 25,000 images on my hands! What am I going to do with these? I haven't quite decided yet. I'm not even sure where to begin digitizing! As problems go, this is a very nice one to have, don't you think? :)