Fashion plate, from La Mode Illustreé

This hand-coloured fashion plate is from La Mode Illustreé, a fashion magazine published in Paris. Dating from 1879, the plate illustrates a day dress and possibly a fancy dress costume. The plate is signed, 'Anaïs Toudouze'.

The figures are set against a coastal background of cliffs. The dress on the left reflects the current popular fashion for tied-back skirts, 'cuirasse' bodices, high necklines and pleated trimmings.

By 1874 the 'cuirasse' bodice had become an important element in fashion. It was a corset-shaped bodice with a design somewhat similar to that of a man's jacket.

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Online ID:	000-100-087-469-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 67.54
Date:	1861 -1904 1879
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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:	Lady of Fashion 1800/1935, catalogue prepared for Schofield Collection, National Gallery of Victoria Langley Moore, Doris. Fashion through Fashion Plates 1771-1970. London: Ward Lock Ltd, 1971, p 112.
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