domingo, 23 de enero de 2011

Fashion and magazines

   In NewYork Public Library (NYPL), we can find a magazine which name is  “The Peterson’s Magazine” published between 1843 and 1898. In 1866 Peterson's Magazine began to feature double-sized color fashion plates engraved on steel, woodcuts of the newest clothing, and colored patterns for all varieties of needlework. In the XIX century women knew how to sew, and if they did not know they could pay other women to sew for them their clothes. They take as an example to follow the pictures that appered in magazines of that epoch. Here we can see an example of that pictures:


January 1870


Hats and bonnet's style (May, 1870)






February 1870
Dressing gown (March, 1870)










Pattern (June 1870)

April 1870























August 1870


Walking dress (1870)

Winter cloak and widow's costume (1883)





Tuscan straw bonnet (April, 1883)












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