Marc Notes:
Selection of patterns from various 1890's issues of the Voice of fashion.

Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION
GENERAL DIRECTIONS
LADIES' COSTUME
CHILD'S BLOUSE COSTUME
LADIES' WRAP
CHILD'S STREET COSTUME
LADIES STREET COSTUME
LADIES STREET COSTUME
MISSES CLOAK
LADIES' TRAIN WRAPPER
CHILD'S COSTUME
LADIES' WRAP
LADIES' POLONAISE
MISSES' COSTUME
LADIES' STREET COSTUME
LADIES' COSTUME
BOY'S SUIT
LADIES' STREET COSTUME
LADIES' HOUSE DRESS
MISSES' STREET COSTUME
CHILD'S STREET COSTUME
GENTLEMEN'S NIGHT SHIRT
GENTLEMEN'S DRESSING GOWN
LADIES' SACK NIGHT GOWN
LADIES' HOUSE DRESS
LADIES' STREET COSTUME
LADIES' YOKE SKIRT
LADIES' STREET COSTUME
LADIES' STREET COSTUME
LADIES' RECEPTION GOWN
MISSES' STREET COSTUME
LADIES' STREET COSTUME
CHILD'S BLOUSE COSTUME
LADIES' MORNING GOWN
BOY'S SUIT
MISSES' EMPIRE GOWN
LADIES' COSTUME
CHILD'S EMPIRE DRESS
STOUT LADIES' COSTUME
LADIES' STREET COSTUME
GENTLEMAN'S PRINCE ALBERT COAT
LADIES' STREET COSTUME
LADIES' STREET COSTUME
LADIES' PRINCESS GOWN
LADIES' COSTUME
MISSES' COSTUME
LADIES' HOUSE GOWN
LADIES' HOUSE GOWN
MISSES' EVENING GOWN
LADIES' STREET COSTUME
CHILD'S STREET COSTUME
LADIES' STREET COSTUME
LADIES' STREET COSTUME
CHILD'S EMPIRE COSTUME
LADIES' TAILOR SUIT
LADIES' STREET COSTUME
LADIES' COSTUME
LADIES' BISHOP SLEEVE
LADIES' CAPE
LADIES' UNDERWAIST
MISSES' COSTUME
CHILD'S COSTUME
CHILD'S LONG CLOAK
CHILD'S LONG CLOAK
MISSES' COSTUME

Publisher Marketing:
The dressmaker's patterns for the more than 50 different garments included in this volume first appeared in the 1890s in issues of the quarterly "The Voice of Fashion." Most of the patterns are for stylish day wear for women, but there are house dresses and nightwear as well, along with a selection of suits and dresses for young boys and girls and several garments for men.

Publisher Marketing:
The dressmaker's patterns for the more than 50 different garments included in this volume first appeared in the 1890s in issues of the quarterly The Voice of Fashion. Most of the patterns are for stylish daywear for women, but there are house dresses and nightwear as well, along with a selection of suits and dresses for young boys and girls and several garments for men.
Reproduced from rare original issues of The Voice of Fashion, these patterns show that although most ladies' fashions of the 1890s were designed to conceal the body behind high necks, long sleeves, and full, floor-length skirts, a lively interest in revealing the female figure persisted. Elegant hand craftsmanship and the luxuriant draping of rich fabric further enhanced this statuesque idealization of femininity.
An informational general introduction to dressmaker's patterns and concise instructions for using them precede this lively parade of fin-de-siècle fashions. Readers will also find over 575 patterns and illustrations detailing the various garments, with individual instructions for making them. Costume enthusiasts interested in re-creating exact copies of vintage clothing will find this book an indispensable guide; indeed, anyone interested in the history of fashion and costume will welcome this fascinating reference to late Victorian dressmaking.