Godey's Lady's Book
Volume 8 (1834)
"Philadelphia Fashions":
"...six modes of coloured engravings of those modes of dress which now
fashionably prevail."s of coloured
Godey's Lady's Book
Volume 15 (1837)
"Clara, Wife to Marshal
Schomberg"
"Illustrated by a whole-length Portrait, taken from ther
Original by Petitot, splendidly coloured."
"The fan she holds is a
curiosity; very large and made of blue and yellow feathers, placed
alternately, and mounted on sticks, to open and shut like a common fan."
Godey's Lady's Book
Volume 24 (1842)
Godey's Lady's Book
Volume 30 (1845)
"Six figures – Evening dresses. We do not consider it necessary to go into a detailed description of the manner of making the dresses as the plate is so distinct and the dresses so beautifully and clearly defined that any mantua-maker’s apprentice could make a dress after the patterns now offered.”
little girl of five years
Godey's Lady's Book
Volume 92 (1876)
"Godey's Fashions for June 1876":
Walking dress of Brown and Blue; Evening dress of ecru silk and crape; Dinner dress of green silk; Evening dress of white silk and crape; Walking dress of black silk; Dress for little girl of five years.
Note that only the evening dresses feature fans, and these are the oversized fans later ridiculed in Dame Fashion.
Godey's Lady's Book
Volume 96 (1878)
"Godey's Fashions for August 1878":
Walking dress of brown silk; Dinner dress of moss-green silk and grenadine; Reception dress of pale blue silk; Evening dress of pink silk and flowered gauze; House dress of elephant-colored silk.
Although more fans are displayed here, only three of the ladies hold fans; and those are all folded.
Godey's Lady's Book
Volume 96 (1878)
"Godey's Fashions for September 1878":
Dinner dress of black silk; Walking dress of elephant-colored cashmere and silk; Evening dress of two shades of moss green silk and crepe de chine; House dress of blue bunting; Walking dress of purple silk.
Again the only fan displayed accompanies the Evening dress.
Godey's Lady's Book
Volume 101 (1880)
"Godey's Fashions for December 1880":
Visiting dress of purple plush and satin and plush demassee; House dress of two shades of blue; Evening dress made of plain pink silk and striped satin; Dinner dress of gendarme green silk; Walking dress of two shades of elephant silk and camel’s hair; Dress for child of five years.
Only the figure wearing the evening dress unfolds her matching fan. Others hold folded fans.
Godey's Lady's Book
Volume 108 (1884)
Evening dress composed of salmon pink satin; Tea gown of blue surah silk.
The figure wearing the tea gown holds one of the few fixed fans that we find illustrated in Godey's.
Godey's Lady's Book
Volume 106 (1883)
Evening dress of pink satin brocaded with maroon velvet flowers.
Walking dress of two shades of
lilac; House dress of black satin, gendarme blue silk and silk
grenadine; Evening dress of pink silk; Walking dress of navy blue
cheviot trimmed with cashmere
Godey's Lady's Book
Volume 101 (1880)
"Godey's Fashions for June 1880":
Walking dress of two shades of lilac; House dress of black satin, gendarme blue silk and silk grenadine; Evening dress of pink silk; Walking dress of navy blue cheviot trimmed with cashmere colors; Carriage dress of gray silk; Suit for boy of three years.
Note that the figure wearing the pink silk evening dress carries a folded, but large fan.
Note that the figure wearing the
pink silk evening dress carries a folded, but large fan.
Godey's also published fashion plates in black and white, sometimes filling a page with smaller images for hats, shawls, and other accessories.
Godey's Lady's Book
Volume 108 (1884)
Costume for young lady, made of cream colored Ottoman silk.
Godey's Lady's Book
Volume 106 (1883)
Fan of cream satin, embroidered with gold thread; it is mounted on ivory and is edged with white feathers.
