Printed page, from La Mode Illustreé

This page is from La Mode Illustreé, a fashion magazine published in Paris. The page accompanies a fashion plate from the magazine and gives detailed descriptions in English of the outfits appearing on the plate. It dates from 1873.

The page describes an evening dress and a young girl's ball dress. The evening dress is made of tarlatane - a thin, stiff, open-weave muslin.

La Mode Illustreé first appeared in 1860 and was one of the most important fashion magazines of the second half of the nineteenth century. It was published every Sunday and had a circulation of approximately 20,000.

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Online ID:	000-190-002-291-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 67.33 A
Date:	1873
Material:	Paper. Inscription: The Toilettes from La Mode Illustree
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What:	Document / plate, fashion
Subject:	Fashion plates
Who:	La Mode Illustree
Where:	France, Paris
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Description:	A separate sheet of description to accompany plate 33, headed 'the toilettes from La Mode Illustree', from La Mode Illustree, Paris, 1873
References:	Holland, Vyvyan. Hand Coloured Fashion Plates 1770 to 1899. London: B.T. Batsford, 1955, pp 99-100.
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