1906 fashion

I have good reason to be grateful to Edward Linley Sambourne. My original post about his street photography (Street Style 1906) has been the most popular single item on this blog and has brought in…

Catalogue page showing walking dresses and suits, 1906 the Netherlands, De Gracieuse

1906 delineator fall

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The Ladies' home journal v.23 1905-1906.

"Pony" jacket suit of white and green linen

I recently acquired a large collection of loose sheets from the Girl’s Own Paper from 1906 and 1907 (Pre-Flora Klickmann era). I think I actually have full issues – I just need to sort them. In the meantime I’ve been having fun with the fashion drawings. This illustration on what your household staff should wear is particularly timely for this fortnight’s HSF Peasants and Pioneers challenge. Here is a closer look: I love the cook’s linen dress, and the parlourmaid’s white batiste apron (very…

The Ladies' home journal v.23 1905-1906.

The Edwardian era was once elegantly described as, a "leisurely time when women wore picture hats and did not vote, when the rich were not ashamed to live

The Delineator V.68 1906.