Timeline Of Costume 1890s: Belle Epoque

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Timeline of Costume History
19th Century Western Costume Belle Epoque (1890's)

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	Evening dress, c1890,	Walking dress, c.1890
	1890	Presentation at the English Court, 1890
	The Delineator, 1890	1891
	Arthur Wing Pinero, English Playwright, 1891	The Delineator, 1891
	The Delineator, 1891	The Delineator, 1891
	The Delineator, 1891	1892
	"La Mode Artistique", 1892	"West Aryan Types of Eastern and Northern Europe" - 1893. Text below image: 1.2. Georgians 3.Ossette 4. Albanian 5.Woman of Iceland 6.Russian Woman of Rjasan 7.Roumanian Woman 8.9.Poles of Radom. Image courtesy of Aquarian Gallery Antique Prints and Maps
	The Princess of Teck, 1893	a Sculptor, 1893
	Family of African Bushmen of 1893. Image courtesy of Aquarian Gallery Antique Prints and Maps	1893
	1894	1894
	Plate from Modenwelt 1894	The Delineator, 1894
	"La Mode Artistique", 1895	"La Mode Artistique", 1895
	1895	1895
	1896	1896
	1896	1896
	1896 Gibson girl	Godey's Magazine, 1896
	Godey's Magazine, 1896	Godey's Magazine, 1896
	Bicycle dress 1896	Bicycle dress 1896
	Bicycle dress 1896	Bicycle dress 1896
	c. 1896	c. 1897
	Fox hunting dress 1896	Delineator 1897
	Delineator 1897 Images of these plates kindly provided by ACarter of eBay, seller of Antique prints and Magazines
	"Nouveautes Parisiennes", 1897	1897
	1897	Menswear of the Turn of the Century Boots built to order, choose heel, materials, size and height.
	1898 1898	1898 1898 Jane Avril, 1899 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com
	The Delineator, 1898	The Delineator, 1898
	The Delineator, 1898	The Delineator, 1898
	The Delineator, 1898	"La Mode Artistique", 1898
	c. 1898
	"Le Moniteur de la Mode", 1898	"La Mode Artistique", 1899
	Cover from The Delineator, 1899. Image courtesy of Aquarian Gallery Antique Prints and Maps	1899
	Click Here for many Fashion Magazine Covers 1898-1900 provided by RaveOnline	Click here for Fashion Magazine Images 1895-1900 provided by ACarter of eBay,
1899	1899
c. 1899	1899

Australian Aborigine family of 1893 Image courtesy of Aquarian Gallery Antique Prints and Maps	1894	c. 1894
Divan Japonais Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com	Lady Agnew of Lochnaw John Singer Sargent Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com
The Delineator, 1894	"Nouveautes Parisiennes", 1895	1895
1896	1893	1896

Godey's Magazine, 1896	Bicycle dress 1896	Bicycle dress 1896
a Painter, 1897	Bicycle dress 1896	1892
1897		Cover and fashion plate from The Designer, 1898. Images courtesy of Aquarian Gallery Antique Prints and Maps

The Delineator, 1891	Spring 1899	The Delineator, 1898
1899	Late 1890's dress	The Delineator, 1898
From the Neck Up : An Illustrated Guide to Hatmaking	"La Mode Artistique", 1900	The Delineator, 1891

Fashions Secolo Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com	Men's Clothing & Fabrics in the 1890s: Price Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors)	1900
Teagown, c 1890	"Restaurant a la Mode", by Cardona, 1900	High Victorian Fashions Paper Dolls

"Mrs. Ashley", by Zorn, c.1900	1897 Sears, Roebuck Catalogue	1897
Montgomery Ward & Co. Catalogue and Buyer's Guide No. 57, Spring and Summer 1895	Henry James and the Art of Dress	The Delineator, 1890
1899	Late Victorian Women's Tailoring : The Direct System of Ladies' Cutting (1897	Damen Sommer Mode Footwear Fashion Footwear Germany Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com

US Navy Uniforms, 1899
	Fashions Secolo Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com	1890
Recommended 19th Century Costume Books	Lace fan of the 1890's.	1899
Mothu et Doria Th�ophile Alexandre Steinlen Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com	Motocycles Comiot Th�ophile Alexandre Steinlen Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com	LAssommoir Th�ophile Alexandre Steinlen Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com
Journal Traite des Blanches Th�ophile Alexandre Steinlen Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com	Troupe de Mlle. Eglantine Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com	Femme Avec Corset Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com
Revue Blanche (LE) Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Buy This Art Print At AllPosters.com	Risqu� Beauty: Beauty Secrets of History's Most Notorious Courtesans	Oak Tree Farms Black Chapel Lace Up Old Western Frontier Boots
	Victorian Costume Links	"La Mode Artistique", 1898

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