Godey's Lady's Book

Fashion: Practical Dress Instructor

Note: In order to make these images more useful to those who would like to use the patterns to construct garments I have scanned them larger than original size and have digitally enhanced them, where necessary, to make measurements more readable. As a result they are rather large images, averaging 100K compressed and uncompressing to an average of 500K.

July, 1855: Coraco Eugenie
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August, 1855: Mantle

October, 1855: Morning Wrapper
November, 1855: Dress
December, 1855: Young Gentleman's Cloak
January, 1857: Ladies Dress
January, 1857: Basque
February, 1857: Boy's Cloak
March, 1857: Basquine a l'Espagnole
April, 1857: Man's Shirt, pattern

(The Lady's Book provides the pattern but does not include an illustration for this shirt)

May, 1857: Dress Frock for a Little Girl
June, 1857: Fashionable Mantle
August, 1857: Basque for a Young Lady
August, 1857: How to make Stays, page 1 and page 2
September, 1857: Sun-Bonnet
October, 1857: Over-Jacket, or Morning Jacket
November, 1857: Lady's Jacket
December, 1857: Lady's Ball Dress
February, 1858: Ladies Jacket
May, 1858: Douglas and Sherwood's New Expansion Skirt

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