VV: Vintage Fashions Reference Library

Below is a list of topics in our on-line reference Library of period topics.
Much of the information in the library can be found in
the Vintage Dress Series of books published by Vintage Victorian

Regency Fashion for Ladies updated 4 feb 2012
A guide to evening dress styles of the early 19^th Century.

Ladies’ Fashions: 1831 Ball Dress updated 20 nov 2013
A description of 1830s Ball fashions.

Evening Dress: mid 19th Century guidelines updated 28 may 2011
for ladies and gentlemen, a guide for putting together an outfit for a ball.
Fashion Plates: evening dress, 1850s & 1860s
updated 21 dec 2014
for ladies, with original period descriptions.
Hairstyles and headdresses: mid-19^th Century updated 24 March 2007
for ladies, with original period descriptions.
Sewing a Civil War Era Ensemble updated 20 September 2011
Vintage Dressmaking Library: for ladies undergarments and ball dresses.
Fashion Plates: Civil War Era updated 4 feb 2012
an index of colored fashion plates from ladies’ magazines, 1859-1864.

1876: Centennial Fashions and Hats updated 25 july 2015
ladies hats and sea-side dress from Harper’s Bazar.
Evening Dress: Styles of the 1880s updated 21 may 2006
for ladies & gentlemen, a guide for putting together an outfit for a ball.
Summer Styles: 1873-74 updated 12 july 2013
ladies’ Summer styles from 1873 and 1874 (Demorest’s Magazine)
Styles for Gentlemen’s: 1880s updated 20 nov 2013
Gent’s fashions from the 1880s The Delineator

Evening Dress: Styles of the 1890s updated 8 March 2007
for ladies and gentlemen, a guide for putting together an outfit for a ball.
Fashion Plates: Evening Dress, 1890s updated 5 April 2007
for ladies, with original period descriptions.
Gentlemen´s Evening Attire, 1890s updated 8 March 2007
A more detailed guide to men’s clothing: details of illustrations &
Fashion Accessories: 1890s Evening Wear updated 9 March 2007
for ladies, hairstyles, jewelry, gloves, fans, shoes, stockings and outerwear.
Day dress: 1890s updated 25 September 2013
Contemporary Descriptions of Ladies’ hairdressing.
Hairstyles of 1894: Fashionable Hairdressing updated 16 apr 2014
for ladies, hairstyles, combs, and coiffures.
Sporting Clothing.: 1890s updated 8 March 2007
for ladies, tennis wear, travelling clothes.
Photographs of Actresses of the mid-1890s updated 30 nov 2014
Focusing on Evening Dress, Hairstyles, and Jewellery

Evening Fashions: 1899-1905 updated 5 June 2006
for ladies, a guide for putting together an outfit for a ball.
Evening Fashions: ca. 1900 Gents updated 16 November 2005
for gentlemen, a guide for putting together an outfit for a ball.
Summer Fashions: June 1902 updated 25 july 2015
for ladies, a guide to suitable styles for Summer outings including bathing, yachting, cycling, and shooting dress.
Day Dress: 1905-1906 updated 17 May 2006
for ladies, a guide for putting together an outfit for afternoon outing
(one gentleman’s illustration).
Undergarments: 1900-1909 updated 20 September, 2007
for ladies, a guide to appropriate styles.
Fashionable Photographs 1900-1910 updated 16 May 2006
period photographs to aid in reproducing the look of the period..

1913 Summer Fashions updated 1 June 2017
for ladies to inspire a pre-World War I summer wardrobe.
Evening Dress: 1910-1919 updated 15 November 2005
for ladies and gentlemen, a guide for putting together an outfit for a ball.
Titanic-era Dress: Day and Evening updated 3 March 2012
for ladies, a guide for putting together an outfit for a ball.
Titanic-era Gent’s Dress: Day and Evening updated 3 March 2012
for gentlemen, a guide for putting together an outfit for a ball.
Evening Dress: Gentlemen 1910-1919 updated 20 May 2011
for gentlemen, period illustrations and text.
Children’s Fashions 1910-1919 updated 15 Sept 2014
for boys and girls, period illustrations and text
this page still under construction.
Undergarments: 1914 updated 5 June 2006
for ladies, corsets, tango knickers and slips.

Evening Dress: Early Jazz Age 1919-1925 updated 22 june 2013
This page is still under construction
for ladies and gentlemen, a guide for putting together an outfit for a special occasion.
Bridal Fashions: 1925 updated 10 july 2013
This page is still under construction
for ladies

Gentlemen’s Evening Dress: 1880s updated 21 may 2006
for ladies & gentlemen, a guide for putting together an outfit for a ball.
Styles for Gentlemen’s: 1880s updated 20 nov 2013
Gent’s fashions from the 1880s The Delineator
Gentlemen´s Evening Attire, 1890s updated 8 March 2007
A more detailed guide to men’s clothing: details of illustrations &
Evening Fashions: ca. 1900 Gents updated 16 November 2005
for gentlemen, a guide for putting together an outfit for a ball.
Titanic-era Gent’s Dress: Day and Evening updated 3 March 2012
for gentlemen, a guide for putting together an outfit for a ball.
Evening Dress: Gentlemen 1910-1919 updated 20 May 2011
for gentlemen, period illustrations and text.
Bathing Costumes: Turn of the Century updated 8 March 2007
for ladies and gentlemen (under construction).

Fashion Plates: Civil War Era updated 17 may 2011
an index of colored fashion plates from ladies’ magazines, 1859-1864.
This page is still under construction.

Hairstyles and Headdresses: mid-19^th Century updated 24 March 2007
for ladies, with original period descriptions.
Fashionable Hairdressing 1894 updated 25 september 2013
for ladies, hairstyles, combs and coiffures.
Fashion Accessories: 1890s Evening Wear updated 9 March 2007
for ladies, hairstyles, jewelry, gloves, fans, shoes, stockings and outerwear.

Bathing Costumes: Turn of the Century updated 25 july 2015/span>
for ladies and gentlemen (under construction).

Photographs: ladies 1900-1910 updated 16 May 2006
period photographs to aid in reproducing the look of the period..

Fashionable Dances of the Day updated 15 November 2005
what was thought fashionable in New York Society (1896).
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle's New Dances For This Winter updated 15 November 2005
learn the latest steps from the Castles (October 1914).