Tag: fashion plates

  • Thanksgiving Special Magazine: Godey’s Lady’s Book

    Godey’s Lady’s Book, published between 1830 and 1898, established the foundation for contemporary American fashion magazines. The longest running ongoing publication to address interests of women in the nineteenth century, Godey’s Lady’s Book included fashion coverage, domestic matters such as housekeeping and cooking, and fiction and poetry written by American authors. The magazine’s longtime editor, Sarah Josepha Hale,…

  • Fashion in Plates

    Thanksgiving week seems an ideal time to be talking about anything on or in plates. And our post later in the week is all about the history of fashion plates in Godey’s Lady’s Book. (It should come out Wednesday, November 21.) With that in mind, I thought I’d highlight some other library resources on fashion…

  • Virtually NYC’s Best Collections…

    Summer is the time of lounging and hiding from the heat.  Recent museum initiatives to digitize their collections allow one to browse these collections from the comfort of one’s own comfy sofa. I love this shift towards image availability because it means all kinds of unknown treasures can be easily viewed from home, while in…