It’s about to be summer! Where are you going to walk to celebrate? And VERY importantly, what are you going to wear?
Check out this 1813 fashion plate of a “Walking Dress”! Maybe it’s your new fashion?
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It’s about to be summer! Where are you going to walk to celebrate? And VERY importantly, what are you going to wear?
Check out this 1813 fashion plate of a “Walking Dress”! Maybe it’s your new fashion?
Ready to strut the Spring runway? Break those Spring fashions out or go. . .VINTAGE! Here’s a photo of 1846 magazine fashions in ISU’s Digital Collections to style yourself on!
Is it like what you wear now?
Welcome to April’s first #FashionFriday post! Today’s illustration takes us back to the fashion of April 1848, as we return to the Mary A. Barton Fashion Illustration Collection.
Experience fashion history at home with the digitized fashion plates via ISU Digital Collections. Make sure to check out our other posts about this about this collection for more of our favorite illustrations.
Here’s another #FashionFriday post, featuring the Mary A. Barton Fashion Illustration Collection. Make sure to check out our other posts about this about this collection for more of our favorite illustrations.
Today’s illustration depicts a group of women in different colors and styles of day dresses. The illustration is captioned “Godey’s Fashions for May 1867”.
Experience fashion history at home with the digitized fashion plates via ISU Digital Collections.
It’s another #FashionFriday! Let’s revisit the stunning designs of the Mary A. Barton Fashion Illustration Collection. This week we are looking back at some of the fashion illustrations from 1813.
We haven’t look at much men’s fashion in these posts so here is a bit of a treat! Below is an illustration of an 1813 Gentleman’s Frock Coat.
As always, feel free to check out the digitized fashion plates via ISU Digital Collections to get a taste of history from home.
Make sure to check out our other posts about this about this collection for more beautiful illustrations.
Images from ISU Digital Collections. Materials from RS 21/7/9 Mary A. Barton Fashion Illustration Collection.
Welcome back to Cardinal Tales for another #FashionFriday. This week’s post features a long-time favorite: the Mary A. Barton Fashion Illustration Collection. I was scrolling through the digitized fashion plates via ISU Digital Collections, and the colors of these dresses really caught my eye. Enjoy!
Above are two illustrations of dropwaisted day dresses from May of 1921. Below is an illustration of some vibrant day dresses from August of 1919.
Images from ISU Digital Collections. Materials from RS 21/7/9 Mary A. Barton Fashion Illustration Collection.
Make sure to check out our other posts about this about this collection for more beautiful illustrations.
Let’s revisit the Mary A. Barton Fashion Illustration Collection for this #FashionFriday! We have posted about this collection a few times before so feel free to check out those posts after this one. This collection is always a joy to explore, and this illustration of Kensington Garden Dresses from 1807 was no exception.
Very excited to return to the Mary A. Barton Fashion Illustration Collection for this #FashionFriday! We’ve posted about this collection a few times before but the beauty of this collection never ceases to surprise me.
While browsing through box 12 of the collection, I found a variety of eye-catching illustrations, each a beauty to behold. One illustration that really caught my eye was on a page from McCall’s Magazine, dated June 1914.
The first page is titled “For the Day of Graduation”, and depicts three women in black and white with a pop of orange in the background. The woman on the far right of the image is holding a diploma.
On the other side of this page, there’s information on the different patterns available to create these outfits, along with information on the materials required.
I love being a student employee in Special Collections and University Archives. Not only because of the amazing people I’ve met here, but for the collections I’ve been able to explore. It is the most incredible experience to be handling materials from over a hundred years ago, and sharing them via social media.
Mary A. Barton, an Iowa State Alumni, has been regarded as one of the best quilt makers of all time. Special Collections now stores her collection of fashion illustrations from years 1776 – 2008. I was very excited to explore this collection, and share some highlights with you all. However, due to the massive amount of these gorgeous fashion illustrations, I’ve decided to focus this blog post only on the ones from 1800-1810. Of course, there are still so many lovely illustrations from this ten-year period that this post will be featuring just a few of my favorites.
All of the materials in this post can be found in box 1 of the Mary A. Barton Fashion Illustration Collection, RS 21/7/9. Feel free to stop into the reading room to view these incredible artifacts, and many more, in person. Or view some of the digitized fashion images from this collection in our digital collections.
Additionally, we have posted a few other things from this collection, so check out those posts as well.
The annual Fashion Show event, currently put on by the Department of Apparel, Events, and Hospitality Management (AESHM), has provided students a chance to show off their designs to an eager audience for 37 years. Over the years, this student-run event has highlighted countless beautiful outfits designed by Iowa State students. Here are some of our favorite outfits from shows of the 1980s!
1982 Fashion Show
1983 Fashion Show
1985 Fashion Show
1987 Fashion Show
1988 Fashion Show
All of these images (and much more information on fashion shows of the past) can be found in Special Collections RS 29/2/4 Fashion Show Records (1982-2017). There are several boxes in this collection but everything featured in this post can be found in box 1.
What a wild ride! 80s fashion is always worth looking back on. Which outfit was your favorite?