The “Among My Souvenirs Brooch” is the perfect touch to your period outfit. It was a very necessary article of jewelry throughout the 1800s and early 1900s, both to add feminine embellishment and to keep those beautiful lace collars and ruffled jabots in place!
Inspired by a gallon jar of vintage buttons, this Interchangeable Era Button Necklace is a perfect accent for your period costumes. It’s both quick and easy to make, using only the three most basic crochet stitches and taking an hour or less to stitch. A great starter project for those interested in dabbling with thread! [...]
This Dollar Download includes two fun features. The first, entitled, “When Buying New Frocks,” is jam-packed with advice for the Edwardian woman seeking to build an appropriate wardrobe on a reasonable budget. Another short feature, “Fashions for Women of Varied Tastes” (ca. 1909) has also been included.
This lovely fashion feature from the April 1900 issue of The Designer includes several fashion plates, plus an article on knitting (with instructions for some neat projects), and a couple of ads for fun. These pages were a gift from a long-time customer, who found several old magazines falling to pieces in her grandmother’s attic. [...]
This is a two-for-one deal! You get two articles by the knowledgeable Mrs. Ralston–one about Spring styles for 1905, the other answers to questions girls ask about their clothes. There are lots of beautiful drawings of the latest fashions, including sidebar ads for Easter 1905 dresses and more. The Q&A from young ladies is the most fun to read and includes questions like the following: “I am girl just twelve years old and very tall for my age. How long should I wear my skirts?” Lots of fun!
This download includes three articles from the early 1900s (my original copies are, alas, undated, but hairstyles and dress styles provide good clues). First is a feature about fashionable hats. Most amusing is the author’s contention that “hats have seldom shown a greater variety of ugliness than has been the case this season!” She nevertheless finds the prettiest of the available styles to showcase. Next is a beautifully illustrated piece about negligees–lovely, long gowns and wrappers to match. Finally there’s an article with photographs of intricate embroidery by “peasants!” Enjoy!
This cute article explains how to take last year’s clothes and make them over for a new season. Includes advice for everything from saque coats to skirts to hats.
This charming photo spread features American mothers with their children from 1908. The pictures are really special — lots of smiles and warmth…and amazing outfits! My only regret is that the full spread won’t fit in landscape format on the scanner. Each page is 11×17″ by itself! So you lose some of the details in the fold at the center between pages. But there are so many pictures left to drool over that it more than compensates! Also included in this download are the full-color front cover and a lovely Kodak ad from the back cover.
This is a beautiful one-page article by Mrs. Ralston from a 1908 issue of The Ladies’ Home Journal. This piece contains detailed illustrations of fashions for young women, along with descriptions of each (including suggested fabrics and trims).
This is a charming article with lots of beautifully detailed illustrations from the June 1908 Ladies’ Home Journal (summer fashion issue!). Three pages of text cover everything from what flatters a particular complexion to what a governess should wear–all written by Lady Catherine Milnes Gaskell. I’ve also included a bonus page of “Frocks for the Holidays.”
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