#I'm counting this as victorian even though it's from four months before Victoria was crowned

[erinsvintageemporium]

It's Fashion Plate Friday!

This Friday I have plate number one from The Magazine of the Beau Monde for February of 1837.

PLATE I. FIGURE 1. - EVENING DRESS. - Astral satin dress, close fitting corsage, a spirally twisted ribbon passes round the extreme upper portion of the sleeve and part of it ornaments it near the elbow, several rows of blond produce a rich finish to it. A zig-zag ornament beaded by a few ears of corn and a small feather goes round the bottom of the skirt. [Back view of hair above at top left]

FIGURE 2. - EVENING DRESS. - A crape dress trimmed with a satin ornament on the bust, richly embellished with blond edging, is decorated down the front in the form of an apron; the sleeves short and puffed full out.

FIGURE 3. - EVENING COSTUME. - Striped muslin dress over satin slip, caught up and connected to the underneath dress at a nearly equal distance from the bottom of the skirt all round. A garland of roses proceeds entirely round the hem. [Back view of hair above at top right]

CAPS composed of net and blond and ornamented with the latter and Valenciennes.

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Fashion plate from my collection, description from digitised copy held by the Bodelian Libraries/Oxford University.

1837-02 BEA3