Fashion plate, from The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine

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This hand-coloured fashion plate is from The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, a ladies' magazine published in London. Dating from May 1865, the plate illustrates a wedding dress and a dress and hat suitable for a wedding. It is signed, 'Jules David' and 'Bonnard'.

The dresses reflect the fashion for enormous skirts. During the decade from 1860 to 1870, skirts increased to their fullest circumference. In fact, they reached the maximum width that was decent and comfortable to wear, even with the aid of a hoop.

It was only during the neoclassical period (around 1755-1805) that the colour white became customary for weddings. By the 1830s, it was essential and was a visual declaration of the bride's purity.

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• Online ID: 000-100-087-337-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.RHI 47.5
• Date: 1865
  1865
  
• Material: Paper. Inscription: The Fashions, Expressly designed and prepared for the Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine ; Ad. Goubaud Ed. Paris ; Jules David ; Bonnard
  Document / plate, fashion
  Plate, fashion
  
• Dimensions: 11.30" x 8.60"
  
• What: Document / plate, fashion
  Plate, fashion
  
• Subject: Fashion plates (NMAS Classification)
  Fashion plates
  
• Who: Bonnard
  Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine
  Goubaud
  Jules David
  
• Where: England, London
  
• Event:
• Description: One of sixteen fashion plates from the Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, showing men's, women's and children's wear for the year 1865
  Fashion plate showing a wedding dress and a dress and hat suitable for a wedding, signed 'Jules David' and 'Bonnard', from the Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, London, May 1865
  
• References:
  • Langley Moore, Doris. Fashion through Fashion Plates 1771-1970. London: Ward Lock Ltd, 1971, p 72. 
  • Tarrant, Naomi. The Development of Costume. London & New York. NMS & Routledge, 1994, p 74. 
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