Fashion Plate

ファッションプレート / 1770s–1930s / Technique / Fashion History

The illustrated medium that delivered the latest fashion in hand-colored prints, the ancestor of the magazine, the illustration and the style drawing.

Fashion Plate — Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1820 — Wikimedia Commons / CC0 — Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1820 — Wikimedia Commons / CC0 · CC0

Fashion Plate — Godey's Lady's Book, 1861 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain — Godey's Lady's Book, 1861 — Wikimedia Commons / Public domain

Fashion Plate — Hand-coloured fashion plate 1830 — Wikimedia Commons / CC0 — Hand-coloured fashion plate 1830 — Wikimedia Commons / CC0 · CC0

At a glance

Visual cues

Hand-colored linework
Idealized poses
Descriptive costume drawing
Periodical format

Best used for

Conveying cut and detail more precisely than a photograph can
Following the season as a running series in one fixed format

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Dictionary entry

Type: One quiet line of description in a light face under the figure
Composition: Show front and back side by side over a single faint shadow
Material: Fine engraved outline with hand color, ground left as paper
Caution: Leaning on a beautiful pose hides how the sleeve is set and the hem finished, and the plate stops working as a record.
Further study: Journal des Dames et des Modes / Godey's Lady's Book / the lineage of the fashion magazine

Related entries

Victorian Ornament (ヴィクトリアン装飾)Shared effects: Luxury / Nostalgia.Compare Fashion Plate and Victorian Ornament
Dandyism (ダンディズム)Same Fashion History lineage.Compare Fashion Plate and Dandyism

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