Description | English: Plate 65 in Ancient Greek Female Costume by J. Moyr Smith |
Date | 1912 |
Source | Ancient Greek Female Costume (https://archive.org/details/ancientgreekfema00smituoft/) |
Author | J. Moyr Smith |
Category Archives: Fashion
Holeproof Hosiery, by Coles Phillips
Description | English: Woman in lingerie with peacock shield, by Coles Phillips, from an advertisement for Holeproof Hosiery |
Date | 1922 |
Source | Advertisement in Photoplay (https://archive.org/details/phojun22chic/page/n765/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Coles Phillips |
Be Beautiful for One Night
Description | English: “Be Beautiful for One Night,” from an advertisement for Lournay cosmetics |
Date | 1922 |
Source | Advertisement for Lournay in Photoplay (https://archive.org/details/phojun22chic/page/n705/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |
Do You Know Good Cloth When You See It?
Description | English: Salesman showing bolt of cloth, from an advertisement for an investment firm |
Date | 1925 |
Source | Advertisement in The Golden Book Magazine (https://archive.org/details/the-golden-book-magazine-v-02-n-09-1925-19/page/12/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |
Bathing Dresses, 1867

Description | English: Bathing dresses from Godey’s Lady’s Book, July, 1867 Fig. 1.—Dress of scarlet flannel, trimmed with a plaiting of black flannel, bound with white braid. The pants are full, and have elastic bands on the edge in order to confine them to the leg. The dress is made with a yoke, and perfectly loose, being caught into the waist by means of a scarlet belt. The cap is of oiled silk, trimmed with scarlet and black. Fig 2 —Dress of scarlet and black bathing cloth. The long gored paletôt is turned up with scarlet flannel cut in scallops and edged with black braid. The hair is covered with an oiled silk cap, trimmed with scarlet. The hat is of black glazed cloth, trimmed with scarlet. |
Date | 1867 |
Source | Godey’s Lady’s Book (https://archive.org/details/godeys-1867-v-75/page/n3/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |
Woman with Long Hair
Description | English: Woman with long hair, from an advertisement for a “hair color restorer” |
Date | 1921 |
Source | Advertisement in Shadowland (https://archive.org/details/Shadowland0402Images/page/n73/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |
Woman with Hand Mirror, by George Pressler

Description | English: Woman with hand mirror by illustrator George Pressler, from an advertisement for face powder |
Date | 1921 |
Source | Advertisement for Henry Tetlow’s Pussywillow Face Powder and Talc de Luxe in Shadowland (https://archive.org/details/Shadowland0306/page/n83/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | George Pressler |
Fashion Illustration
Description | English: Fashion illustration from an advertisement for a correspondence school of fashion design and illustration |
Date | 1922 |
Source | Advertisement in Picture-Play Magazine (https://archive.org/details/Picture-playMagazineApril1922/page/n9/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous |
Paris Fashions in America, 1856

Description | English: Paris fashions from an American magazine, 1856 |
Date | 1856 |
Source | Peterson’s Magazine (https://archive.org/details/petersons-1856/page/3/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Anonymous engraver at Illman & Sons |
Designs by Norman Bel Geddes for the Boudoir Ballet



Description | English: Designs by Norman Bel Geddes for the Boudoir Ballet |
Date | 1923 |
Source | Shadowland (https://archive.org/details/shadowland07brew/page/n327/mode/2up?view=theater) |
Author | Norman Bel Geddes |