yeoldefashion: An 1827 fashion plate depicting a fanciful masquerade costume based on the traditional folk costumes of Béarn.

yeoldefashion:

An 1827 fashion plate depicting a fanciful masquerade costume based on the traditional folk costumes of Béarn.

yeoldefashion: A Thomas Rowlandson print depicting a wild masquerade at the Pantheon in London in 1809. I love this! Brilliant.

yeoldefashion:

A Thomas Rowlandson print depicting a wild masquerade at the Pantheon in London in 1809.

I love this! Brilliant.

yeoldefashion: Lovely coordinated fancy dress costumes for mother and daughter from Le Follet Courrier des Salons, 1832.

yeoldefashion:

Lovely coordinated fancy dress costumes for mother and daughter from Le Follet Courrier des Salons, 1832.

yeoldefashion: The 1830s saw fancy dress costumes becoming far more fanciful and unrestrained. Women who were modestly covered from head to toe in daily life reveled in creating revealing and controversial costumes, a trend which is still going strong today. This spectacular example is from La Mode magazine, 1831.

yeoldefashion:

The 1830s saw fancy dress costumes becoming far more fanciful and unrestrained. Women who were modestly covered from head to toe in daily life reveled in creating revealing and controversial costumes, a trend which is still going strong today. This spectacular example is from La Mode magazine, 1831.

oldrags: Fancy dress, 1890 France, La Mode Illustree Music, Egyptian queen, 18th century maid (?)

oldrags:

Fancy dress, 1890 France, La Mode Illustree

Music, Egyptian queen, 18th century maid (?)

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