1830s Fashion Plates

    The 1830s in Western fashion were full of tall, looped hairstyles; enormous puffed sleeves; and high-waisted gowns with flared skirts.  The low, sloping shoulders would hold sway into the 1860s, and the bodices already look quite separate from the skirts, in contrast to the earlier part of the century.

    I cannot explain the lack of color images from certain parts of the decade; if anyone knows of any fashion magazines that have been digitized for 1830, 1834, or 1835, please let me know so I can add them!

1831
    —. "Dinner Dress. Evening Dress." La Belle Assemblée, no. 77 (May 1831).
    —. "Evening and Morning Dresses." The World of Fashion and Continental Feuilletons, vol. 8, no. 87 (Jul. 1831).
    —. "Evening Dress. Opera Dress." La Belle Assemblée, no. 75 (Mar. 1831).
    —. "Evening Dresses." The World of Fashion and Continental Feuilletons, vol. 8, no. 84 (Apr. 1831).
    —. "Fancy Costume Scotch. Marchioness of Londonderry." The World of Fashion and Continental Feuilletons, vol. 8, no. 92 (Dec. 1831).
    —. "Fashionable Head Dresses." The World of Fashion and Continental Feuilletons, vol. 7, no. 81 (Jan. 1831).
    —. "Fashionable Head Dresses." The World of Fashion and Continental Feuilletons, vol. 7, no. 86 (Jun. 1831).
    —. "Italian. Spanish. Turkish. German." La Belle Assemblée, no. 76 (Apr. 1831).
    —. "Morning Dresses." The World of Fashion and Continental Feuilletons, vol. 8, no. 90 (Oct. 1831).
    —. "Morning Dresses." The World of Fashion and Continental Feuilletons, vol. 8, no. 91 (Nov. 1831).
    —. "Morning Visiting Dress. Dinner Dress." La Belle Assemblée, no. 73 (Jan. 1831).
    —. "Morning Visiting Dress. Dinner Dress." La Belle Assemblée, no. 78 (Jun. 1831).
    —. "Riding and Morning Dresses." The World of Fashion and Continental Feuilletons, vol. 8, no. 85 (May 1831).
    —. "Spanish Costume and Morning Dresses." The World of Fashion and Continental Feuilletons, vol. 8, no. 88 (Aug. 1831).
    —. "The Peeresses' Robes." The World of Fashion and Continental Feuilletons, vol. 8, no. 88 (Sept. 1831).
    —. "Walking Dress. Ball Dress." La Belle Assemblée, no. 74 (Feb. 1831).

1832
    —. "Evening Dresses." The World of Fashion and Continental Feuilletons, vol. 9, no. 98 (May 1832).
    —. "Morning Dresses." The World of Fashion and Continental Feuilletons, vol. 9, no. 100 (Jul. 1832).
    —. "[Untitled]." The World of Fashion and Continental Feuilletons, vol. 9, no. 95 (Feb. 1832).

1833
    —. "Dinner Dress. Evening Dress. Morning Dress." The Lady's Book, vol. 7, no. 1 (Jul. 1833).
    —. "Evening Dress." The Lady's Book, vol. 7, no. 4 (Oct. 1833).

1836
    —. "London Evening Dress." The Ladies' Pocket Magazine, pt. 2 (1836).
    —. "Mode de Long champs." The Lady's Magazine and Museum, vol. 9, no. 4 (Apr. 1836).
    —. "Travestissements Nouveaux." The Lady's Magazine and Museum, vol. 9, no. 2 (Feb. 1836).
    —. "Walking Dress." The Ladies' Pocket Magazine, pt. 1 (1836).
    —. "[Untitled]." The Lady's Magazine and Museum, vol. 9, no. 3 (Mar. 1836).
    —. "[Untitled]." The Lady's Magazine and Museum, vol. 9, no. 5 (May 1836).

1837
    —. "London Carriage Dress." The Ladies' Pocket Magazine, pt. 2 (1837).
    —. "Social Party Dress." The Ladies' Pocket Magazine, pt. 1 (1837).

1838
    —. "Evening Dress." The Ladies' Pocket Magazine, pt. 2 (1838).
    —. "Home Dress for a Young Lady." The Ladies' Pocket Magazine, pt. 1 (1838).
    —. "[Untitled]." Journal des Demoiselles, yr. 6, no. 7 (Jul. 1838).
    —. "[Untitled]." Journal des Demoiselles, yr. 6, no. 12 (Dec. 1838).

1839
    —. "[Untitled]." Journal des Demoiselles, yr. 7, no. 2 (Feb. 1839).
    —. "[Untitled]." Journal des Demoiselles, yr. 7, no. 6 (Jun. 1839).
    —. "[Untitled]." Journal des Demoiselles, yr. 7, no. 12 (Dec. 1839).

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