published in Paris

Fashion plate, from La Mode Illustreé

This hand-coloured fashion plate is from La Mode Illustreé, a fashion magazine published in Paris. Dating from 1867, the plate illustrates two day dresses and is signed, 'Héloïse Leloir'.

The girl on the right is wearing a 'pinafore' with a separate blouse-top. As she is not wearing any kind of hat, we can assume she is single as only single girls were allowed to go bare-headed.

Héloïse Leloir was born in 1820 and was one of the daughters of Alexandre-Marie Colin (1798-1875), a painter and lithographer. Along with her two sisters, Adèle Anaïs and Laure, she was responsible for many of the best fashion plates of the mid-nineteenth century.

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Online ID:	000-100-087-431-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.RHI 67.15
Date:	1861 - 1904 1867
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What:	Plate, fashion
Subject:	Fashion plates (NMAS Classification)
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Description:	One of 117 fashion plates from La Mode Illustree, showing women's and children's wear, dated 1861 - 1904
References:	Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, p 152. Langley Moore, Doris. Fashion through Fashion Plates 1771-1970. London: Ward Lock Ltd, 1971, p 104.
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