I hope some of these helps: https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/search/searchterm/Fashion%20plates/mode/exact https://content.lib.washington.edu/costumehistweb/index.html https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll12/search http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/landingpage/collection/fpc http://collections.vam.ac.uk/category/fashion-plates/THES48956/ https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/fb038d2e-d86a-3439-a113-b92132769fe7
https://tmsarchives.omeka.net/collections/show/1 Gunvor On Wed, 24 Apr 2019 at 14:30, Elizabeth Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > I've just been thinking how much I miss message boards with an archive > but they have all died, maybe this could be revived beyond the > periodic 'what are you making' threads. I'm hoping google photos will > work as a place to share images from, it's where my (android) phone > automatically backs up pictures and I think the photos are visible to > anyone with a direct link. > So I've decided I'm going to make an 1850s ballgown from this fabric > https://photos.app.goo.gl/DUiQ3Wq5VfKuxbKA9 It's a silk/poly blend > satin bought many years ago, I'd like taffeta and I don't normally > wear much pink but I can't afford new fabric (either in space or > money). The photo shows the contrast between the right and wrong sides > (the flipped over corner is the right side), the shiny side is several > shades lighter than the dull side I want to make use of that somehow > and I have a plan for the bodice to have the main part of the bodice > dull side out and trim it with shiny side out (maybe a matching berthe > or maybe a sheer berthe) mainly because shiny satin shows every lump, > bump and wrinkle so is very unforgiving on a fitted garment. > I'm stuck on the skirt though. I already have this wool bodice (i > don't have a dressmaker's dummy so laid flat is the best I can do, > also ignore the hot pink lining I picked it because it's cheap and > won't be seen) https://photos.app.goo.gl/E1ifEpFhGKmbkNi59 which was > based on several fashion plates from 1850-55 and by sheer coincidence > the trim matches this skirt quite closely (and the original skirt is > missing), so I want to be able wear this bodice with the ball gown > skirt. I'm thinking something similar to the Truly Victorian ballgown > skirt https://www.trulyvictorian.net/1860-s-ball-gown-skir.html but > I'm not sure how that would fit with the early 1850s. > Which brings me to the second half of my question. I've been out of > post 1600 costuming for a long time and through a few computer deaths > I've lost a lot of resources I used to have a lot of fashion plates > organised by year and they have all gone. Is there an archive/museum > somewhere with fashion plates (especially Victorian era) organised by > year. Google turns up so many fashion plates and I'm not bad at > guessing dates but I'd like to cut down the time I have to spend > filtering out irrelevant stuff. > Elizabeth > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] https://indra.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
