#la mode illustree

[erinsvintageemporium]

On This Day: 19th January, 1873

Fashion plate from La Mode Illustrée signed by Anaïs Toudouze and other, featuring some fancy dress costumes.

TRAVESTISSEMENTS.

Costume de fantaisie. Jupon en satin mauve, avec corsage décolleté et manches longues, celles-ci garnies de gigots en mousseline blanche. Robe de velours vert clair, ouverte en cœur, sans manches, avec broderie en or sur le bord inférieur. Sur le contour de l'encolure, grosses perles d'or. Une écharpe en étoffe brodée relève quelque peu la jupe de velours vert.

Petit garçon avec costume Henri II. Pantalon en satin rose, de Chine, blouse à capuchon en même étoffe, avec manches courtes, complétées par des manches en satin blanc avec rayures en velours noir.

Costume Valois. Jupon en velours cerise; robe en damas fond blanc, avec dessins brochés de diverses couleurs; manches longues, avec gigots; corsage ouvert en cœur, avec collerette en dentelle tuyautée; agrafe en pierreries complétée par deux rangées de grosses perles disposées sur le corsage.

1873-01 LMI03

[silkenbutterfly7]

I love the warm chocolate brown tones and the softness of the velvet accents and the deep forest green is so elegant

1884

[periciles]

Did some sketches of miss secondopinionson in 1891-1892 fashion because of an au

[marzipanandminutiae]

the gut punch of having been a Twilight fan in high school when the hype was at its zenith, without reading SMeyer interviews or following her on social media, and then seeing her inspiration for, or personal interpretation of, certain outfit descriptions years later

like

I have just learned that this was supposed to be Alice's prom dress in book one?

A. that is hideous; what the hell

B. to a PROM. in 2008. when you're VAMPIRES IN HIDING TRYING TO BE INCONSPICUOUS

(I mean, I guess the excuse is that the Cullens are terrible at laying low anyway? but still. That doesn't make it any less Uggo, or more appropriate for an apparent high school sophomore)

and the movies already dealt me psychological damage since SMeyer signed off on the designs, revealing that her idea of an "Anne of Green Gables" wedding dress was this:

the timeline of the Anne books is a little funky, but I've always assumed they started in the late 1880s-early 1890s given the combination of Much Ado about Sleeve Puffs but also Anne somehow being old enough to have kids fighting in WWI later. so here is an early 1890s bridal fashion plate:

La Mode Illustree 1892

and her engagement ring, which I recall being described as diamonds in a net of white gold, or filigree, or something similar. not um. a cheese grater:

(it was supposedly his biological mother's engagement ring, which means it's from around the turn of the 20th century. I've worked with a lot of antique jewelry in my time, and I've never seen a Victwardian piece like that. if she was picturing a diamond cluster ring, they still had less of the cheese grater about them)

(plus, again...It Is Ugly)

I no longer have a dog in this fight, since I'm not in the fandom anymore. but sometimes I am reminded of this Expectation Vs. Reality situation all over again

[the1920sinpictures]

March, 1924 Cover of "La Mode Illustree".

[marzipanandminutiae]

the combination of time periods in the outfits here is FASCINATING

you have the older white woman in early-mid 1860s daywear

the young white woman in 1869-early 70s formal/eveningwear

the young Black woman in what appears to be....late 1880s-early 1890s? day attire-ish? with sleeves too short for conventional daywear, but hey, artistic license

the older Black woman in something that almost looks like modern Caribbean fashion, though I'm woefully ignorant of the specific reference being made, I freely admit

the younger white man in what looks like a 1970s suit and hairstyle?

and Mr. Gatwa in an outfit that almost has some Regency influences about the neckwear, to my eyes, and that I can't place visually besides that. and a VERY modern drag outfit at some point, clearly

would love to know the thought process for the designer, because it's hard to imagine this wasn't intentional. the period outfits look extremely on-point for each period, not just Generic Pan-Victorian, so it seems very deliberate. it'll be cool to see what's going on with it when the proshoot comes out!

The National Theatre's posted some photos of The Importance of Being Earnest starring Ncuti Gatwa and BOY they are not messing around!

It'll be available to watch in cinemas National Theatre Live from 20 February.

Photos by Marc Brenner.

[peaceandnature]

La Mode Illustree, 1894

[mahgnib]

La Mode Illustree, 1867

[shewhoworshipscarlin]

La Mode Illustree magazine, 1897.

[vintagefashionplates]

Fashion Plate - La Mode Illustree - 1868

[pastpatterns]

Toilette d'automne avec jaquette 1897

Toilette d'automne avec jaquette 1897 A faire soi-même avec le patron Corset sur la planche de patrons https://www.french-crea-vintage.com/fr/1897/2663-patrons-de-la-mode-illustree-1897-n36.html

[erinsvintageemporium]

On This Day: 28th January, 1894

Fashion plate from La Mode Illustrée signed by Anaïs Toudouze, featuring toilettes by Madame Gradoz of rue de Provence, 61.

DESCRIPTION DE TOILETTES Modèle de chez Mme Gradoz, rue de Provence, 67.

Toilette de réception. - Tunique en côtelé de soie nuance rubis garnie d'un coin de broderie en soie noire et perles de jais. Tablier en velours assorti ouvrant sur un devant entièrement brodé en noir. Revers de velours, plastron brodé; col en soie garni d'un coin brodé, toujours en soie noire. Manches bouffantes terminées par un haut poignet brodé.

Toilette de visite. - Corsage croisé en drap bleu très clair, garni de revers en panne moirée couleur feutre bordé d'un bord de fourrure TRÈS FONCÉE et TRÈS ÉTROIT (un simple liseré). Jupe drapée de chaque côté, garnie dans le bas d'une haute bande de panne moirée surmonté d'un liseré de fourrure. Manches bouffantes avec poignets en panne garnie de fourrure.

1894-01 LMI04

[fashion-from-the-past]

La Mode Illustree 1894

[sartorialadventure]

hello! i recently thrifted a fashion plate from la mode illustrée, with no information or date with it. i can’t find this specific print anywhere online, either. do you have any tips for figuring it out/ideas of where to look? based off of what i’ve read on the fashion, i’m thinking it’s late 1850s-early ‘60s, but i’m not sure. (i’m also pretty sure it isn’t a later reprint.) thank you!! i love what you do here 💖

So unfortunately, I am not a fashion historian and therefore I don't know. I don't have any access to fashion libraries or subscriptions to digital collections. There are a number of places online that have scanned copies of plates or issues of La Mode Illustree (example: Internet Archive, 4 of 6 issues of LMI for 1866). Obviously, it'll be a pain in the butt paging through all of the ones they have for a ten-year-or-more period (and they might not even have the one you want), but it's the best I can do.

Does anybody else have any research ideas they can share?

[callmedaisy]

La mode illustree 1865

[marzipanandminutiae]

Women are just

Hnng

I am. Gaë.

(All women are amazing and especially all queer women but in terms of my personal attraction permit me to posit: feminine-presenting women. Especially alternative femmes. Especially vintage/historical-dressing femmes. My strongest aesthetic Type is a lady I can go out with and we look like the most homoerotically charged fashion plate from La Mode Illustree at some point in the late 19th century)

(bonus points if we have that whole Gothic heroine/Gothic villainess thing going on visually. Gothic heroine types are. Incredibly attractive)