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. 1...