Skirts thru sportswear – definitions and illustrations for vintage clothing identification

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

It’s interesting to see the types of skirts, sleeves, and sportswear illustrated and defined! Hopefully this helps you in identifying and describing vintage clothing… I can’t help but read thru this fashion dictionary and learn as I scan and post these pages!

Here are pages describing and defining such things as: pannier skirts, peg skirts, tunic skirts, swing skirts, angel sleeves, shoulder puff sleeves, Virago sleeves, leg of mutton sleeves, Dolman sleeves, Mexican Huaraches, smock frocks, Scotch snood (vs the Modern snood), Bathing Costume of 1909 compared to the One Piece Bathing Suit of 1938, play suit of the 1920s, skating costume of 1938… and more!