The
Lady's Newspaper, 1850
The Illustrated London News, 1850
The Illustrated London News, 1851
The Illustrated London News, 1852
The Illustrated London News, 1853
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1854
The Illustrated London News, 1854
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1855
Petit Courrier des Dames, March 1856
(By the mid-1850s the Industrial Revolution was lending a hand with fashion.
New synthetic dyes were starting to broaden the range of colours available to
everyone and the sewing machine - patented in 1851 - made sewing faster and
easier. Hoop skirts were introduced in this year as a replacement for an almost
intolerable weight of petticoats. Mass-produced in steel, they were soon available
to almost everyone.)
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1856
Journal des Jeunes Personnes, 1856
(A bride and an older woman - most likely the bride's mother. White wedding dresses were an innovation of the 19th century, and still only worn by a minority of brides. Less fashionable women would be married in a coloured dress which could later be worn for "best".)
The Illustrated London News, 1858
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1858
