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 1881, the plate illustrates two day dresses and hats. It is signed, 'R' and 'Anaïs Toudouze'.

These sheath-like dresses with 'cuirasse' bodices and elaborately trimmed trains continued to be very popular up until the reappearance of the bustle in 1885. The 'cuirasse' was a corset-shaped bodice with a design somewhat similar to that of a man's jacket.

Adèle Anaïs Toudouze was the second daughter of Alexandre-Marie Colin (1798-1875), a painter and lithographer. Along with her sisters, Héloïse and Laure, she was responsible for some of the most charming fashion plates of the mid-nineteenth century.

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Online ID:	000-100-087-475-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 67.60
Date:	1861 -1904 1881
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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, pp 152-7 & 160. Langley Moore, Doris. Fashion through Fashion Plates 1771-1970. London: Ward Lock Ltd, 1971, p 112.
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