Every author has her favorite resources, and this week I’m sharing one of mine.
As the title suggests, it’s a book of fashion plates from the years 1800-1819. Descriptions are only occasionally provided, but the source of each plate is always identified (magazines such as Ladies’ Monthly Museum, Costume Parisien, La Belle Assemblee, and Ackermann’s Repository) along with the year of publication.
Since I’m a huge visual learner, the plates themselves are more important to me than the descriptions. With this book I can see what dinner dresses and pelisses and poke bonnets looked like, what colors they might have been, and how a lady might have worn them. 🙂
And Then She Kissed Him 
I am also a visual learner, I can break down a gown into a pattern, I started early taking apart my dolls dresses and making patterns for them.
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Nice! I never had any talent with a needle and thread, myself–words work better for me 🙂
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