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.
Hand-colored linework / Idealized poses / Descriptive costume drawing / Periodical format
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Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Comparing primary sources and exemplary cases · Extracting principles that transfer beyond dress
- Type
- Observe the letters and signs of the era and community referred to
- Composition
- Translate silhouette and proportion into composition
- Material
- Verify the material conditions: cloth, tailoring, the wearer's body
- Caution
- Never peel off the garment's signs alone. Verify who wore it, why, and against what.
- Further study
- Journal des Dames et des Modes / Godey's Lady's Book / the lineage of the fashion magazine