
timeline of Historical Fashion silhouettes thru the ages – Types of Satin continued

- 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
Oops! The types of Satins spread into the next page and I failed to notice that the other day! Here are the rest of the definitions and descriptions of various types of satins.
Also of interest, are definitions describing types of seams (corded, piped, saddle, slot), types of Serges, types of shirts (Chukker shirt and Garibaldi shirt are illustrated), types of scissors, two pages devoted to describing types of shoes, and finally, silhouettes.
I find this fashion dictionary’s timeline of historical fashion silhouettes thru the ages to be interesting, because people in certain eras interpret describe history differently than at other times. History is subjective, to a degree, if only because of the process of curating and deciding what to include or exclude in a synopsis inside a fashion dictionary or textbook. It’s interesting to see what a fashion expert writing this dictionary in the 1930s thought was important, and the descriptions they used, as compared to more modern historical perspectives on the history of fashion.
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