Nets thru Robe de Style, and information about Rayon

The Language of Fashion - 1939 Fashion Dictionary

• Types of Stitches thru Tunics & Turbans
• Twill Weave to Yarns
• Last pages of The Language of Fashion
• Skirts thru sportswear – definitions and illustrations for vintage clothing identification
• timeline of Historical Fashion silhouettes thru the ages – Types of Satin continued
• 3 more scans from the Language of Fashion, a 1930s fashion dictionary
• Nets thru Robe de Style, and information about Rayon
• Types of Necklines Defined. Fashion Terminology, Lambswool to Nets
• Lace identification guide and illustrations, and I – Lambskin
• Types of heels to Hug Me Tights – Fashion Dictionary Scans
• Different types of hats, illustrated and defined.
• Different types of fancy dress and other pages from the Language of Fashion
• Décolletage, dots, Types of dresses, and other fashion definitions
• Cope thru Debutante – from The Language of Fashion
• Different types of Coats illustrated – from The Language of Fashion
• Carcanet thru Cloth Yard – From The Language of Fashion
• Different Types of Caps and Capes Illustrated- from The Language of Fashion
• Types of Blouses and More from The Language of Fashion, a Fashion Dictionary (Blouses thru Caps)
• Fashion Pronunciation Key, Preface, and Table of Contents
• The Language of Fashion by Mary Brooks Picken 1938
• The Language of Fashion: Dictionary scans aal through blotch

As I’m recovering from my wonderful New Years celebrations last night… I’m posting 18 more scans from the 1938 fashion dictionary, The Language of Fashion. These pages cover nets (continued) to Robe de Style, with several informative pages between, including a lengthy and informative page about Rayon, how it was made, and the different types that existed in the late 1930s.

Did you know that (in 1938) there were four different processes for making Rayon fabric (cellulose acetate, cuprammonium, viscose, and nitrocellulose), and four types of Rayon yarn (Filament Rayon Yarn, Spun Rayon Yarn, New Broken Filament Yarn, and New Abraded Yarn)? I’m sure this history of Rayon is interesting to someone, if only me!