Goday's Lady's magazine starts in the 1830's in Philadelphia I believe.
Here's a link http://www.accessible.com/accessible/aboutGL.jsp But fashion plates don't always get the idea of what real people are wearing (just like today) so it's good to look at the real thing. There are fine examples of real gowns in that big thick book of fashion exhibits by the Kyoto Museum. (Is it just called "Fashion"? I can't remember) Here's a lovely walking gown at the Met Museum in NYC.... scroll about halfway down the page: http://knot-cha-cha.blogspot.com/2011_01_01_archive.html And I always like to see what the gowns look like in movement, on a person. So I'll look at something in film or TV that is well designed.... remembering they are costumes not actual gowns of course. BBC did a miniseries of "Wives and Daughters" which is in the 1830's. Check that out. -----Original Message----- From: e...@huskers.unl.edu <e...@huskers.unl.edu> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Tue, May 3, 2011 2:10 am Subject: [h-cost] 1830's fashion A friend is looking for sources on 1830's fashion, specifically in Washington, DC (if that ends up being relevant), and I'm rather out of my depth. What are the best sources for that era? What would you recommend to someone who isn't a costume historian but would like to get the details right in a description? Emma _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume