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Yearly Listings of Library Updates
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007
Below is a listing of the year 2005 additions to The Costume Gallery's Research Library. You may view the listing at no charge but our Library articles and image enlargements may be viewed only by subscription members. To obtain an individual library subscription or click HERE. For group subscriptions please contact: GROUP RATES.
 NOVEMBER 2005 ADDITIONS
 November 12: Seven more costumes images from an 1897 Masquerade and Fancy Dress catalog. Costumes left to right: Albanian Lady, Polish Man, and Roman Soldier / Julius Caesar. Second Row: Columbus, Austrian Nobleman of the XVI Century, German Gentleman of the XVI Century, and Male German Youth of the XV Century. Subscribers may click on the thumbnails below to view an enlargement of each costume.
  
   
November 7: The Table of Contents for A Year in Fashion: 1856 received a makeover. Another addition of one color fashion plate for the month of November from an 1856 Peterson's magazine. 11 of 12 monthly fashion plates from the year 1856 are online in the Library. Subscribers may click on the thumbnail image below to view this addition.
November 4: Five more ladies' costumes from an 1897 Masquerade and Fancy Dress catalog. Costumes left to right: La Tosca, Tambourine Girl, and Hermione. Second Row: Japanese Kimono and a Moorish Dancing Girl. Subscribers may click on the thumbnails below to view an enlargement of each costume.
    
OCTOBER 2005 ADDITIONS
October 27: Six more ladies' costumes from an 1897 Masquerade and Fancy Dress catalog. Costumes left to right: Gretchen, Dancing Girls, Holland Peasant Lady, Desdemona, Rosalind, and Night (fantasy). Subscribers may click on the thumbnails below to view an enlargement of each costume.
   
October 26: Word search puzzle with 67 fashion history terms. This puzzle is located in the free section of the Library.
October 24: Six ladies' costumes from an 1897 Masquerade and Fancy Dress catalog. Costumes left to right, 1st row: Polish lady, Illyrian lady, Marguerite, Egyptian lady, East Indian lady, and Pocahontas. Subscribers may click on the thumbnails below to view an enlargement of each costume.
     
October 17: Seven costumes from an 1897 Masquerade and Fancy Dress catalog. Costumes left to right, 1st row: Bavarian Peasant Girl, Britannia, Cleopatra, and Columbia. 2nd Row: Domino, Harem Lady, and Helen of Troy. Subscribers may click on the thumbnails below to view an enlargement of each costume.
   
  
October 11: A Year in Fashion: 1856. The addition of two color fashion plates for the months of March and September from Peterson's magazine. Subscribers may click on the thumbnail images below to view these additions.
 
October 10: Three fashion plates added to our series "Designers of Their Time." Designers' fashions represented are from the year 1896. These designs are from the European houses of Debenham & Freebody of London, England; George Henry Lee & Co.: Liverpool, England; and Ullmann & Strauss of Frankfort, Germany. All of these design houses created for theater stars, the elite of society, and royalty of Europe. Their clients names are listed on some of the fashion plate's webpages. Subscribers' may click on the thumbnails below to view the fashion plate webpages.
  
SEPTEMBER 2005 ADDITIONS
I am sorry for the lack of new additions to the Library during month of September. Mine and my husband's entire families are located in the Gulf Coast area that was hit by Hurricane Katrina. When that settled down, my daughter-in-law had her baby the last week of September. Two weeks early! So... we really did have a new addition... my grand-daughter, Lily Elizabeth Ladnier on Sept. 28, 2005.
Penny Ladnier
AUGUST 2005 ADDITIONS
August 24: Five fashion plates added to our series "Designers of Their Time." Designers' fashions represented are from the year 1896. These designs are from the European houses of Hirsch & Cie, Brussels, Belgium, A. Izambard of St. Petersburg, Russia, Maison E Minangoy of Moscow, Russia, Simpson, Hunter & Young of Glasgow, and M.A. Vogels of The Hague. All of these design houses created for theater stars, the elite of society, and royalty of Europe. Their clients names are listed on some of the fashion plate's webpages. Subscribers' may click on the thumbnails below to view the fashion plate webpages.
 
  
August 17: Fashion Color Database, opens with 1,500 color names with their descriptions, usage, and/or trends. Color names range in time from the 600s AD to 1930s. This is a massive study that has taken 10 years of research.
August 12: A Year in Fashion: 1900, six Parisian / Marie Antoinette Dip fashions from Delineator Magazine. Each webpage provides full descriptions of the costumes. Click on the images below to view their webpages.
  
August 9: A Year in Fashion: 1900, four Parisian Dip / Marie Antoinette Dip skirt patterns from Butterick. Each webpage provides front and back illustrations and full descriptions of the skirts. These are from the same Sept. 1900 issue of Delineator Magazine that I used last week for the Marie Antoinette Dip article. Click on the images below to view their webpages.
   
August 3: History of Hairstyles has been updated. Also added an index page for Hair and Hair Products: Original Advertisments: From Magazines Published in the Year 1900.
August 2: A Year in Fashion: 1900, an article titled "The Dressmaker: The Marie Antoinette Dip" from a September 1900 issue of Delineator Magazine. It tells how the silhouette changed to the S-shaped form of the early 1900s. This was achieved by a different type of construction to the skirt's waistline. The article provides step-by-step construction techniques to create the Marie Antoinette Dip skirt.
August 1: A Year in Fashion: 1900, four hair and hair product advertisments from a September 1900 issue of Delineator Magazine. Click on the images below to view their webpages.
   
JULY 2005 ADDITIONS
July 30: A Year in Fashion: 1900, five corset advertisments from a September 1900 issue of Delineator Magazine. Click on the images below to view their webpages.
  
 
July 26: Seven new fashion plates added to our series "Designers of Their Time." Designers' fashions represented are from the year 1896. These designs are from the European houses of Jules Bister of Berlin, Germany, Emilia Bossi of Florence, Italy, Charles Drecoll of Vienna, Austria, Debenham & Freebody of London, England, De Gaspari, Rosa e Torta of Turin, Italy, George Henry Lee of Liverpool, England, and E. Felix of Paris, France. These design houses created for theater stars, the elite of society, and royalty of Europe. For a complete listing of fashion designers in this series, click the link above.
July 20: New section to our historic home series. The set is called Homes of the Deep South: Pass Christian, Mississippi. These are large homes face the northern Gulf of Mexico. Large oaks and magnolia trees accent the yards of these graceful beauties. Large porches showcase the wicker and ironwork porch furniture. Several architectural styles are represented in this collection of homes. Currently we have four webpages about these homes. More will be added this week.
July 18: Thirteen fashion plates added to our series "Designers of Their Time." Designers' fashions represented are from the year 1896. These designs are from the European houses of George Henry Lee & Co. of Liverpool, England, Hirsch & Cie of Brussels, Belgium, A. Izambard of St. Petersburg, Russia, Alfred Manning of Dublin, Ireland, Maison E Minangoy of Moscow, Russia, Simpson, Hunter & Young of Glasgow, Ullmann & Strauss of Frankfort, Germany and M.A. Vogels of The Hague. All of these design houses created for theater stars, the elite of society, and royalty of Europe. Their clients names are listed on some of the fashion plate's webpages. Subscribers' may click on the thumbnails below to view the fashion plate webpages.
   
   
   
July 14: Eight fashion plates added to our series "Designers of Their Time." Designers' fashions represented are from the year 1896. These designs are from the European houses of Jules Bister of Berlin, Germany, Emilia Bossi of Florence, Italy, Charles Drecoll of Vienna, Austria, Debenham & Freebody of London, England, De Gaspari, Rosa e Torta of Turin, Italy, and E. Felix of Paris, France. All of these design houses created for theater stars, the elite of society, and royalty of Europe. Their clients names are listed on some of the fashion plate's webpages. Subscribers' may click on the thumbnails below to view the fashion plate webpages.
   
   
July 12: More additions of costumes in our new section, Costume Encyclopedia, that will be open this fall. Today you can view a sampling of two of the costumes for a lady, a Bat and a Devil. These costumes were originally published in a sewing pattern book in 1897. The costumes could have been worn for Halloween, masquerade balls / parties, and the carnival season.
 
JUNE 2005 ADDITIONS
June 23: The addition of the first costume of hundreds that will be included in our new section, Costume Encyclopedia, that will be open Sept. 1. Today you can view a sampling of one of the costumes, a Lady's Peacock. This costume was originally published in a sewing pattern book in 1897. The costume could have been worn for Halloween, masquerade balls / parties, and the carnival season. It would also make a nice costume for MS Peacock in the play, "Clue" with some modifications.
Lady's Peacock Costume
June 20: Our third Queen of Society in our series is Madame Roland de la Platière, aka Marie Jeanne Phlippon (1754 - 1793). Madame Roland was a very intellectual woman and was noted for her memoirs. The Rolands were known as key political figures in the reign of Louis XVI and the French Revolution. Today, 28 out of 38 Madame Roland's webpages are in the Library. The remaining pages and her Index of People, Places, & Events will be added later this week.
June 19:
Addition of two new articles from an August 1901 issue of Delineator Magazine. The articles are about fashion trends including sporting wear. One article is called, The Fashions of London, the other is Dress and Gossip of Paris. FYI, at this time Delineator was published in the U.S., Canada, London, and Paris. Its distribution was in over 50 countries.
June 10: Our second Queen of Society in our series is Empress Eugenie of France, (1826 - 1920). This article is about her wedding trousseau. Eugenie married Napolean III in 1853. This article was originally published in the Illustrated London News. Eugenie was a fashion leader for several years in the Victorian era.
Empress Eugenie's Wedding Trousseau
June 6: A Year in Fashion: 1901. Addition of an article titled "Garnitures and Accessories." The article dicusses fabrics, colors, buttons, and lace.
MAY 2005 ADDITIONS
May 29:
I have made an Index page for the section of Queens of Society: Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. You can now Scan down the 8 printed pages listing of People, Places, and Events (including plays) mentioned in Sarah's biography. I also made a listing of links to biography pages on the main homepage. So if you stop reading in one page, you no longer have to go through every page to get where you left off.
Sarah's Index to the People, Places, & Events AND the individual page listing are located under her brief bio on the homepage. A hint if you are printing off the webpages to read, please make sure to ***print preview*** from your browser's toolbar. This will save you paper! Most of the webpages equal two printed pages.
May 24:
Addition of 35 webpages complete for section of a new book called "Queens of Society." This book was published in 1860 and contained biographies of prominent women in past courts in Europe. Our first Queen of Society is
Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough, (1660-1774).
May 23:
Addition 23 of 35 webpages for section of a new book called "Queens of Society." This book was published in 1860 and contained biographies of prominent women in past courts in Europe. Our first Queen of Society is
Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough, (1660-1774). Sarah was the Mistress of the Wardrobes for Queen Anne of England. Don't think this was a fun job dealing with Queen Anne's dresses. The job title means that she is the chief person in charge of the palace. Sarah was best friends with Anne since she was a teenager. Although this section of the book discusses little about costumes, it does provide an inside look at life at court. Sarah Jennings was married to Sir John Churchill (his father was Winston Churchill). Sarah's grand-daughter was Lady Diana Spencer. Familiar present day names... roots run long and deep in these families!
May 6: A Year in Fashion: 1863
 
Ladies' Niam Cloak Pattern
This addition includes 8" X 10" enlargements to download.
May 5: A Year in Fashion: 1863
 
Princess Alice Dress Body / Bodice Pattern
This addition includes an 8" X 10" enlargement to download.
May 2: A Year in Fashion: 1863: Embroidery Patterns. These patterns are from May and June issues of Peterson's Magazines. Patterns included: three female names and seven misc. (trim, insertions, braiding)
Embroidery Patterns Female Names: Charlotte, Fanny, and Helene
Samples below:
  
For more embroidery patterns go to our Historic Needlework webpage.
APRIL 2005 ADDITIONS
April 28: A Year in Fashion: 1894: Addition of an article, "Colors and Materials for Spring" from a March 1894 issue of Ladies Home Journal magazine. This article lists the fashionable colors and includes a brief description and / or usage for each. Some interesting color names listed in the article: Olympia (greenish-blue), Campanule (lavender), Walkyrie (pink), and Mousse (yellowish-green).
April 27: A Year in Fashion: 1871: Female Names Embroidery Patterns. All the patterns from Peterson's Magazines for 1871 are online. Here is a listing and a few samples of the 1871 embroidery pattern names:
Alice, Anna, Annie, Beatrice, Berthe, Caroline, Catherine, Fanny, Gabrielle, Jenny, Josephine, Lizzie, Lucie, Martha, Pauline, Rachel, Rose, and Sophie.
EXAMPLES OF EMBROIDERY PATTERNS FOR FEMALE NAMES
DURING THE YEAR 1871:
  
For more embroidery female name patterns go to our Historic Needlework webpage.
April 26: Additon of Chapter 5 to our online book "Women and Labor" has being added to the Library. It was originally published in 1911 about women and the labor movement.
April 25: Additon of Chapter 4 to our online book "Women and Labor" has being added to the Library. It was originally published in 1911 about women and the labor movement.
April 24: Additon of Chapter 3 to our online book "Women and Labor" has being added to the Library. It was originally published in 1911 about women and the labor movement.
April 23: A Year in Fashion: 1865: Article added about Hairstyle Trends from a March 1865 issue of Peterson's Magazine.
April 18: A Year in Fashion: 1871: Addition of eight new embroidery patterns for female names. These patterns were originally published in Peterson's Magazine, Feb. & March issues.
Alice, Annie, Beatrice, Fanny, Lizzie, Lucie, Martha, Pauline
EXAMPLES OF EMBROIDERY PATTERNS FOR FEMALE NAMES
DURING THE YEAR 1871:
  
For MORE embroidery patterns and female names go to our Historic Needlework section.
April 10: Additon of Chapter 2 to our online book "Women and Labor" has being added to the Library. It was originally published in 1911.
April 8: A new book, "Women and Labor" is being added to the Library. It was originally published in 1911. The book does not discuss fashion expressly but a very important issue at the time, women in the labor force. These changes during the early part of the 20th Century is one of the major factors that contributed to fashion changes for the remaining decades. This book was written during the time when women's roles were changing greatly.
April 4: 19th Century French Peasants. Color illustrations of peasants divided up by locations within the country. This collection is an entire book containing a total of 40 images on-site.
April 2: 19th Century French Peasants. These color illustrations are divided up by regions. Presently there are a total of 18 images on-site. Please click on each region's image below to view all of its images.
  
MARCH 2005 ADDITIONS
March 12: A Year in Fashion: 1871: Addition of two patterns from an issue of Peterson's Magazine, May 1871.
Ladies' Sewing Pattern:
Crinoline Petticoat
 
March 9: A Year in Fashion: 1871: Latest in Hairstyles. Article about a new bandeaux hairstyle with how-to-make instructions. It also discusses a new hair accessory, colored hairnets. This article was originally printed in Peterson's Magazine, July 1871 issue.
March 7: A Year in Fashion: 1871: Addition of 4 articles and 3 embroidery / braiding patterns for this year's section.
ARTICLES:
  
EMBROIDERY & BRAIDING PATTERNS
March 5: A Year in Fashion: 1856
 
Two sewing patterns for Children: Sack Coat & Cape and Toddler's Apron.
These additions include an 8" X 10" enlargement for each pattern.
March 3: Online Exhibit: Chicago: Costumes That Made the Movie.
  
Photos taken at an exhibit in Chicago, Illinois of the film "Chicago" costumes. The costumes take on a different life with the real streets and building reflecting on the costumes' display windows. Creates a very nice illusion. This website contains 15 detailed images of the costumes.
FEBRUARY 2005 ADDITIONS
February 28: A Year in Fashion: 1845: Queen Victoria's Costume Ball: History of European Balls. First article in series from the Illustrated London News about Her Majesty's Costume Ball during June 1845. Please note that this article has been edited three times. The spelling is exactly as printed in the newspaper in 1845.
February 27: A Year in Fashion: 1856
Sewing Pattern for a Plain Dress Bodice.
This addition includes an 8" X 10" enlarged pattern for downloading.
February 22: Chapter 4's text and illustrations have been added to 1868 fashion history book, The Corset and the Crinoline.
  
There are 12 really nice illustrations for this chapter, covering fashion history from 1380 through King James of England's period. Three images are of steel corsets from the 1500s. You may view the Book's Table of Contents including an extensive topic listing for Chapters 1 - 4 text.
February 21: A Year in Fashion: 1879: Glasgow Technical College Weaving School. This addition is an article from the Illustration London News, Dec. 27, 1879. It is about a new diploma for students that is woven on a Jacquard loom. There are descriptions of the different figures on the diploma. The diploma is truly a work of art.
February 20: Additional of nine articles for two years, 1857 & 1865 from Peterson's Magazine.
Articles: A Year in Fashion: 1857
Knitting Pattern: Gloves and Bracelet
Poem: The Quilting
Sewing Construction: Gentlemen's Shirts
Sewing Construction: Ladies' Chemises
Articles: A Year in Fashion: 1865
Dress Trimmings: Rain-drop Ornaments
Empress Eugenie: What Becomes of the Dresses of Queens?
Jewelry: The Fox Hunt Influence
Knitting in Imitation Moss
Trends in Ladies' Evening Dresses
February 18: A Year in Fashion: 1857.
Added six articles and nine embroidery patterns from Peterson's Magazine.
Articles:
General Receipts: Stain Removal
How to Clean Furs
School Children's Health Concerning Corsets and Frocks
Embroidery Industry in Scotland and Ireland
Ancient Regime Style
Hairstyle Trends
 
Embroidery Patterns:
Bottom of Drawers
Bottom of Petticoat
Female Name: Anna
Floral Bonnet: Corner for Handkerchief
Floral Cornucopia: Handkerchief Corner
For Night Dress
Ladies' Collar
Top of Boy's Cap
Top of Glove Box
February 16: A Year in Fashion: 1857.
Added three articles and six embroidery patterns from Peterson's Magazine.
Articles:
The History of Hoops
The Law of Dress
Taste in Dress
 
Embroidery Patterns:
Braiding Pattern: Smoking Cap
Bottom for Petticoat
Bottom of the Skirt
Petticoat Edging: Pattern #1; Pattern #2
Silk Embroidery for Pin Cushion Top
February 11: A Year in Fashion: 1911: Manual on Hairdressing.
Actual hairdressing manual from 1911. The book includes: How to make a hairstyle, fashionable hairstyles for women and girls, perms, hair care tools, hair products recipes, dyeing, and hair work methods.
February 10: A Year in Fashion: 1856: Color Fashion Plates: July and October. October is a bridal plate.
 
These illustrations have been beautifully restored to their original colors stated in the costume descriptions in the magazines. Restoration on these images is so important. The green day dress in the July fashion plate was painted a sky blue. The ladies who were contracted to paint these plates in the 19th Century were paid by piece-work. Many times important details of a costume were just painted over in one mass color. Attention to details was not as important as to how many pieces could be painted in one day. In our restoration process, we pay close attention to the fashion plate descriptions written in the magazines. These fashion plates were originally published in Peterson's Magazines.
February 9: Two sets of additions:
A Year in Fashion: 1862:
German Immigrants Leaving Liverpool, England.
Large illustration from The Illustrated London News dated Oct. 18, 1862. The immigrants are leaving Liverpool, England to go to America. Contains a very detailed description of the illustration, that would be of interest to genealogists. At the time Liverpool was known as a major immigration point of exit.
A Year in Fashion: 1856: Color Fashion Plates: May, June, and August.
  
These illustrations have been beautifully restored to their original colors stated in the costume descriptions in the magazines. To view our restoration process go to: IMAGE CLEANING. These fashion plates are from Peterson's Magazines.
February 6: Exhibit Mardi Gras Costumes and Jewelry. Costumes and jewelry dating from 1896 to present day. Costumes are from the parades and court events in New Orleans, LA.
February 5: A Year in Fashion: 1902: July: Ladies' Hat Making.
Article with step-by-step directions about how to make a fashionable lady's summer 1902 hat, shown in the image above. When this series is complete, our online Library will house directions to make 10 different ladies' hats for the year 1902. Currently three hat directions are online.
February 3: Two Additions:
A Year in Fashion: 1862: October: British Textile Manufacturers in the International Exhibition: Flax, Jute, and Hemp Manufacturers. Here an article for fabricolics! This article discusses the fabrics shown by manufacturers at an exhibition in England. Discussions are focused to the weave, patterns, and quality of fabrics from different manufacturers from England, Ireland, and Scotland. Please make note that the spelling and industry terminology in this article are exactly as in the original article printed in The Illustrated London News, Oct. 18, 1862 edition. The word "tow" is a textile industry term and is not supposed to be the word "two".
A Year in Fashion: 1856: Color Fashion Plates: January, February, and April.
  
These illustrations have been beautifully restored to their original colors. Includes ladies and children's fashions. These fashion plates are from Peterson's Magazines.
February 2: A Year in Fashion: 1901: March: Pageants of the Cities: Paris Mardi Gras / Carnival: Le Boeuf Gras.
 
Article about going to Mardi Gras / Carnival in Paris, France in 1901. Discussions of the history of carnival and the celebration with oxen. Images of floats and costumes.
JANUARY 2005 ADDITIONS
January 28: A Year in Fashion: 1902: February: Ladies' Hat Making.
Article with step-by-step directions about how to make a fashionable lady's winter 1902 hat, shown in the image above. When this series is complete, our online Library will house directions to make 10 different ladies' hats for the year 1902. Currently two hat directions are online.
January 27: A Year in Fashion: 1902: April: Ladies' Hat Making.
Article with step-by-step directions about how to make a fashionable lady's spring 1902 hat, shown in the image above. When this series is complete, our online Library will house directions to make 10 different ladies' hats for the year 1902.
January 24: Chapter 4 illustrations have been added to 1868 fashion history book, The Corset and the Crinoline.
There are 12 really nice illustrations for this chapter, covering fashion history from 1380 - Elizabethan period. Three images are of steel corsets from the 1500s. You may view the Book's Table of Content including an extensive topic listing for Chapters 1 - 4 text. The text for Chapter 4 will be added in the next couple of days.
January 14: Chapters 2 & 3 added from 1868 British book, The Corset and the Crinoline. These chapters discuss the origins of the corset and kirtle. You may read an extensive listing of chapters content in the book's table of content.
January 7: We now have an 1868 addition of the British book, The Corset and the Crinoline. This is considered one of the favorite books among for historic fashions. This book has several chapters. Today we have Chapter 1 online in its entirety. I have listed the contents for Chapter 2, which will hopefully be live in the next couple of days. Please check back frequently for additional chapters.
January 6: Today is the seventh anniversary of The Costume Gallery being a professional website (Jan. 6, 1998). This date is also the fourth anniversary of our Costume Classroom. Our online Library, aka, Historic Costume Research, was the foundation of our website. On June 30, 1996, I opened the website as an aid to people researching historic costumes. It was basically a link site then. Today, all of our websites contain a total of over 7,000 webpages and app. 35,000 images. Monthly, we currently receive an average of 500,000 visitors to our websites coming from 144 countries. I remember when I was thrilled to receive 100 visiotrs in one day. About 30 people worldwide are currently working on our website. We've come a long way Baby!
Yearly Listings of Library Updates
2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007
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