Newest fashion for February 1829: evening, dinner, and walking dresses.
From The World of fashion and continental feuilletons, vol. 6, London, 1829.
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Another dictator is dame fashion
Color illustrations of 12 gown styles, hats and accessories through 139 years from 1800 to 1939. Each illustration shows a woman in various poses wearing the dress of the decade, and claims: Styles the Mirror of History, in an editorial about the whims of the fashion industry.
Chicago TribuneĀ 1939-04-09
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Valentino Haute Couture F/W 2011, Frida Gustavsson backstage
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