1803 Mirroir de la Mode Evening Dress
In 1803, a woman named Madame Lanchester of Bond Street, published ‘Le Miroir de la Mode‘. By 1804, scarcely two years after it appeared, the magazine had vanished. (Although The Museum of London has at least one plate published by Madame Lanchester which is dated 1807). Very little is known about the woman, who had designed for other publications, such as Richard Phillips Fashions of London and Paris.
La Miroir de la Mode was a short-lived, expensive, and large quarto-sized magazine published only from 1803 to 1804, clearly a failed attempt to follow in the footsteps of the defunct Gallery of Fashion, which was also quarto size. The publisher was the famous modiste, Madame Lanchester, who later wrote fashion descriptions and commentary for Ackermann’s Repository. – Word Wenches: Regency Ladies Magazines, Part 3
Ebay is a rich resource for people who are interested in viewing Regency fashion plates, as this page by Cabrio4 attests. People can purchase their own fashion plates for a reasonable price, with this particular seller enjoying a reputation of 100% satisfaction. The small image below of a Full Walking Dress from ‘Le Miroir de la Mode’, April 1803 (Measures approx: 10.5″ x 8.5″), is extremely rare (and has been sold).
Walking dress, 1803, Mirroir de la Mode
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