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All Dress Forms -
Fashion Plates Art Print
Reproductions
Edwardian hats, feathered hats and toque hats - photos below
These historical fashion plate
art prints have
been reproduced as fine art prints and are ideal for
grouping as a wall arrangement for interiors. Collecting
fashion plates, original or reproduced, is an enchanting
plus side to the study of fashion and costume history.
Printed on yellow or aged paper as noted in the individual
descriptions of the fashion art prints.
Incredible Edwardian Hats
After the slimmer silhouette arrived, hats developed much
wider brims. Lavish trims, such as feathers, often stuck out
well beyond the brim. The hats were named “Merry Widow” hats
after the popular operetta of the era.
Feathers
Feathers were used excessively as decoration on hats and as
boas. The fur skin of whole animals such as foxes and even
two foxes were used as wraps about the shoulders. Aesthetes
objected to the use of animal products.
Smaller Toque Hats 1911 -12
By 1911 hats became much smaller, although large wide
picture hats were still worn for dressy functions. These
smaller hats of 1911-12 were
adorned with stiff spiky hussar plumes and fan effects of
ostrich feather. By 1913 two long narrow plumes called
Mephisto feathers gave
many hats a curious military quality.
From 1914 the toques developed into tall toques and these
were worn with the fashionable high collars of the day.
More feminine styles included wider styles with deep crowns
worn low on the head to hide all hair.
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Our historical
fashion plate art prints include Paris designer sketches, Victorian ladies art,
fashionable ladies and La Mode Illustree art print
reproductions.
We feature fine art fashion plate reproductions of
ladies garments and costumes from the Edwardian era
through the early 20th century.
For the collector who is interested
in a particular fashion era and mode
of dress and wants to enhance their
decor with fashion plates, we offer
great reproductions of fashion
plates.
Printed on heavy ivory, yellow or aged
paper as noted in the individual descriptions of the fashion
art prints. |
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