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
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