shewhoworshipscarlin: Fashion plate depicting a 1805 full dress, and a “dress of the old woman

shewhoworshipscarlin:

Fashion plate depicting a 1805 full dress, and a “dress of the old woman,” 1755.

The fashions of 2017 are different from the fashions of 1967, but the change between 1755 and 1805 may have been even greater, as shown in this illustration.

Ladies’ Museum, originally known as The Lady’s Monthly Museum, was a women’s magazine published from 1798 to 1828 or 1832.