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Showing posts with label Art Deco. Show all posts

Monday, January 10, 2011

La Mode Feminine

Here are some scans from a book I have, published in the 1920's, of fashion plates from the eras starting in 1795-to 1820.  They used the pochoir (stencil) technique, rather than individually painting each print with water-colors as fashion magazines in the Georgian-Regency-Empire Era did.
La Mode Feminine, Empire/ Regency Fashion

La Mode Feminine Late Regency Early Victorian Fashion


La Mode Feminine  Empire/Regency Fashion
The drawings are somewhat Art Deco-y; I think they highlight the similarity of Fashions of the time to the Regency time. Both were influenced by "Greco-Roman classicalism" mixed with Egyptian themes, the Empire/Regency got theirs from Napoleon (and then Admiral Nelson's) excursions to Egypt.  And in the 20's fashion -and Art- was somewhat influenced by the discovery of King Tut's tomb.
La Mode Feminine  Empire/Regency Fashion
La Mode Feminine  Empire/Regency Fashion
La Mode Feminine  Empire/Regency Fashion


I'll be adding more in a bit.  The prints are in good condition, tho yellowed.
La Mode Feminine  Empire/Regency Fashion

La Mode Feminine  Empire/Regency Fashion


Here is the next La Mode Feminine, years 1820 to 1845.  Some plates are missing. It wouldn't be hard to loose one or two as they are loose, not bound.

La Mode Feminine  Empire/Regency Fashion, Early Victorian Fashion

La Mode Feminine  Empire/Regency Fashion, Early Victorian Fashion

La Mode Feminine  Empire/Regency Fashion, Early Victorian Fashion

La Mode Feminine  Empire/Regency Fashion, Early Victorian Fashion

La Mode Feminine  Empire/Regency Fashion, Early Victorian Fashion

La Mode Feminine  Empire/Regency Fashion, Early Victorian Fashion

La Mode Feminine  Empire/Regency Fashion, Early Victorian Fashion