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Black Top Hat Formal Wear

Men's Fashion Illustrations from the Turn of the Century

 
International Male: Bennet Pinstripe Jacket
 
 
  Plastic Collar Apparel
  Dress Studs Apparel
  Collar Studs Apparel

Menswear of the Turn of the Century (c. 1900)

These images I collected in Washington, D.C. around 1985-7 while working on a project at the University of Georgia.  They are all based on Xeroxes and photos I took of copyright expired works in the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian.   Their poor image quality is based on the poor copy machines available at the time in those institutions.  The originals in these archives are mostly in spectacularly good condition.  I highly recommend that some webified costumer in the DC area take the time to digitize these rare works directly on a scanner.  In particular the rich colored ads in the Men's magazines need wider circulation.

victoriancollars.jpg (155032 bytes) warshawshirtcatalog.JPG (174787 bytes) Doyle and Adelphi's Fashion Guide, a Late Victorian catalog of shirts, collars and ties in the Warshaw Collection of the Smithsonian

1889collars.JPG (160790 bytes) spring1889shirts.JPG (281122 bytes) spring1889shirts2.JPG (332307 bytes) Sears Catalog, Fall 1889

1895collars.JPG (179927 bytes) Sears Catalog, 1895

1896_7collars.JPG (312874 bytes) Sears Catalog, 1896-7

fall1897shirts.JPG (409238 bytes) Sears Catalog, Fall 1897

1898ties.jpg (353297 bytes) Sears Catalog, Fall 1898

warshawcollarad.JPG (69873 bytes) Advertising Flier in the Warshaw Collection of the Smithsonian

warshawpostcard.JPG (75957 bytes) A postcard from "Collar City" Troy NY, commemorating Hanna Lord Montague's invention of the detachable collar, in the Warshaw Collection of the Smithsonian

july1900collarad.JPG (228335 bytes) Collar ad July, 1900

1900bowties.JPG (246961 bytes) 7/11/1900 Men's Wear

1900shirts1.JPG (205219 bytes) 1900shirts.JPG (228787 bytes) 5/23/1900 Men's Wear

1900shirtsad.JPG (246925 bytes) Ad in Men's Wear, 1900

1900shirtad.JPG (269863 bytes) Ad in The Haberdasher, 1900

1902belts1.jpg (35396 bytes) 1902garters1.jpg (45254 bytes) 1902garters2.jpg (63488 bytes) 1902garters3.jpg (115186 bytes) 1902tiead.JPG (36959 bytes) belts.jpg (56854 bytes) Ads in The Haberdasher, 1902

1902shirts1.JPG (331139 bytes) 1902collars1.JPG (228257 bytes) Sears Catalog, 1902

1902suitad.JPG (34831 bytes) Ad in Men's Wear, 1902

1903socks.JPG (37151 bytes) 1903unionlabel.JPG (53985 bytes) Ads in Men's Wear, 1903

1903chart.JPG (74284 bytes) "Dress Chart" in The Haberdasher, 1903

1903garters1.jpg (45496 bytes) 1903garters2.jpg (42537 bytes) 1903tiead.JPG (44855 bytes) Ads in The Haberdasher, 1903

1904collars.JPG (159516 bytes)  Ad in Men's Wear, 1904

1908chart.JPG (185434 bytes) "Dress Ethics"  (Chart of correct men's fashions) The Man's Book, 1908

1908dreschart.JPG (125920 bytes) "A General Diagram of Correct Attire" from A Dictionary of Menswear by Wm. Henry Baker, Cleveland, 1908

1908novtiesshirts.JPG (216051 bytes) Fairchild's Magazine, Nov. 1908 shirts and ties

1909maycollars.JPG (238175 bytes) The Gentleman's Journal, May 1909

1909chart1.JPG (277293 bytes) 1909chart2.JPG (290066 bytes) Fairchild's Magazine, Correct Dress Chart, Spring 1909

1909colorchart.JPG (262691 bytes) Fairchild's Magazine, Color Chart, Spring 1909

fall1909shirts.jpg (324391 bytes) Sears Catalog, Fall 1909

1909dressaccessories1.JPG (215734 bytes) Advanced Fashions, 1909

1909duounder.jpg (387943 bytes) 1909 Underwear ad

1910dressethics1.jpg (316053 bytes) 1910dressethics2.jpg (112206 bytes) "Dress Ethics"  (Chart of correct men's fashions) The Man's Book, 1910

1910evedress.JPG (186131 bytes) Evening Dress, The Man's Book, 1910

 1910observer2.JPG (269390 bytes) 1910observer1.JPG (264879 bytes) 1910observer3.JPG (241279 bytes) 1910observer4.JPG (253579 bytes) 1910observer5.JPG (207411 bytes) 1910observer6.JPG (195670 bytes) "The Observer's Notebook" in The Man's Book, 1910

collars1.jpg (134106 bytes) The Man's Book, 1910

 1910cuffs.JPG (137742 bytes) 1910lapels.jpg (87312 bytes) Cuffs and Lapels for Suits, 1910, from Advanced Fashions

1910leopardvest.jpg (77070 bytes) c.1910 Leopard skin vest in the Abercrombie & Fitch Catalog

1910coats.jpg (75084 bytes) 1910evedress.JPG (95730 bytes) 1910towncountry.JPG (74104 bytes) 1910yachting.JPG (86817 bytes)1910boardwalk.JPG (83346 bytes)

Jno. J. Mitchell men's fashions of  1910

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