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Ackermann's Fashion Plates July 1816
July 1816's fashion plates both feature white gowns, one for the opera, and one for morning dress. The opera…
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Ackermann's Fashion Plates June 1816
Vol. I, no. vi, plate 33: Bridal Dress In commemoration of the wedding of HRH…
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Ackermann's Fashion Plates May 1816
Mrs. Gill of Cork-Street, Burlington Gardens, continues to rule the dress design pages of Ackermann's Repository for 1816. May's entries,…
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Ackermann's Fashion Plates April 1816
As with March's fashion plates, April's dress designs are also by one Mrs. Gill of Cork-street, Burlington Gardens. I'm…
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Ackermann's Fashion Plates March 1816
March 1816's fashion plates feature some quite unusual headdresses and trimmings. In fact, the sleeves and the trim around…
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Ackermann's Fashion Plates February 1816
The description of the first of February 1816's fashion plates, Plate 10, an “Evening Dress,” is rather frustrating. The…
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