Late Victorian Era Ladies' Dresses - Autumn 1874 Fashion Book by Cavendish House, London

Late Victorian Era Ladies' Dresses - Autumn 1874 Fashion Book by Cavendish House, London

Ball Dresses

Fig 8 - This Tarlatan dress has pretty side trimmings and reversed plaitings. Alternate box plaitings and Imperatrice plisses reach to the pouf at the waist, and there is a handsome satin sash.

Fig 9 - This is a very serviceable style for black net. It has a tablier composed of diagonal folds, edged with white blonde, and defined by crosscut bands of black satin; below are plaited flounces, and the skirt at the back is puffed to the waist.