UNCW Fashion Week: Fashion Inspo from Special Collections (part 1)

If you're looking for inspiration for UNCW Fashion Week, check out some of these historical resources from the Center's Special Collections. This post highlights images from our book and periodical collections. Part 2 of this series features resources from the Center's manuscript and archival collections. 

Want to see any of these resources in person? You can find them in the CSENCAH reading room on the 2nd floor of the library. Contact us for more info!

Engravings from Godey's Lady's Book, 1850 (more info)

Two women wearing layered dresses and bonnets, identified as "July Fashions."

 

Image of two ladies wearing elaborate dresses and caps, identified as "August fashions"

 

Images of two mantillas identified as La Ophelia and La Hermione

 

Color woodblock prints depicting Japanese dignitaries from an 1823 book of Japanese court costumes (more info)

Color woodblock image of a 19th century Japanese dignitary in traditional dress

 

Color woodblock image of a 19th century Japanese dignitary in traditional dress

 

Costume designs from Butterick's Masquerade and Carnival: Their Customs and Costumes, 1892 (more info)

Woman in an elaborate costume identified as Domino
A classic domino mask and costume

 

A book page depicting two costume designs for women - a bat and a devil
Costumes inspired by a bat and a devil

 

Women's costume designs inspired by a Japanese lantern and an Etruscan vase
Women's dresses invoking the design of a Japanese lantern and an Etruscan vase

 

A woman wearing an elaborate floral dress inspired by a crysanthemum
From a series on floral costumes, a dress inspired by a chrysanthemum

 

A young girl blowing a bugle while dressed as "The Press" with names of major newspapers sewn onto her dress
A child's costume on the theme of "The Press"

 

Color engravings from Petit Courrier des Dames, Journal des Modes, Paris, 1839 (more info)

Engraving showing two women dressed in a modern 1830s style

 

Engraving showing two women dressed in a modern 1830s style

 

Engraving showing a woman dressed in a modern 1830s style
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