Free Printable Fashion History Illustration: Victorian Ladies in Spring Fashions 1 (1892)

Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage,
you can't practice any other virtue consistently.
― Maya Angelou
19th century illustration of three Victorian ladies in a living-room. The lady in the centre looks like she has come to a determined and resolute decision. Scanned from my personal collection of La Mode Illustrée.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration: Spring Hats for Young Victorians, 1892

For in every adult there dwells the child that was,
and in every child there lies the adult that will be.
― John Connolly, The Book of Lost Things
Antique black and white engraving from 1892 that shows a collage of young Victorians in hats or head wear for spring. Beautifully drawn with great detail. Scanned from my personal collection of La Mode Illustrée.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration: A VictorianFamily Visit, 1893

Fashion plate from the January 1893 issue of La Famille.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration: Victorian Ladies at a Winter Resort 1 (1892)

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake.
The great affair is to move.
― Robert Louis Stevenson
An antique illustration showing a mysterious, veiled Victorian lady in an ankle-length coat checking into a winter resort with her traveling companions.From my personal collection of La Mode Illustrée.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration: A Victorian Family Gathering in the Garden, 1892

Family life is a bit like a runny peach pie,
not perfect, but who’s complaining?
― Robert Brault

A rather odd illustration originally published in 1892; from my personal collection of La Mode Illustrée. A family is gathered outdoors in the garden. Can you spot the peculiarities in the group of children on the right side of the picture?

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration: Victorian Lady in Steampunk Style Hussar Jacket, 1897

Antique black and white fashion illustration from an October 1897 issue of The Delineator. The dressy top-garment here shown elegantly made of velvet and miroir moiré is an Eton jacket or coat fashionably known as the Hussar jacket. It is closely fitted by a center seam, underarm gores and single bust darts and is closed invisibly at the center of the front, where the lower edge is becomingly pointed. The fronts are elaborately trimmed with jet passementerie and the wrists of the coat sleeves are decorated to match. Over the coat sleeves, circular bell sleeves, box-plaited at the top, hang in large flutes and are trimmed with two knife-plaited ruffles of chiffon. Chiffon is also formed in a stylish ruche that is arranged about the flaring Medici collar and secured at the throat with ribbon ties. The felt braid hat is low-crowned and is trimmed with tips, a bird of Paradise aigrette and a silk rosette.

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Free Printable Fashion History Illustration: Victorian Ladies in Fancy Hats, 1892

Life is like a new hat. You don't know if it suits you
if you keep trying it on in front of your own mirror.
― Shirley McLaine
A partial page from an 1892 issue of French fashion magazine, La Mode Illustrée that shows three styles of hats for Victorian ladies.

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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? :)