18th century blog

I found this through Mme. du Jard. This website has almost every issue of a German fashion and luxury journal called Journal des Luxus und der Moden, from 1786 to 1827. There are plenty of fashion plates, and if you read German I’m guessing the texts are very interesting. Just click “blättern” and follow the links for every year and month and you will get to the journals.

I found this through a livejournal entry by Lisette la cousette. It’s a huge database of scanned fashion prints of which many are 18th century, and it’s absolutely fantastic! Click the picture to go to the livejournal entry where you follow the instructions to see the prints.

A catalogue of 18th-century British mezzotint satires in North American collections.

18th century silk dresses at Leeds museums collections.

Edit: This link no longer works, but you can still search the collection. You can find all 18th century clothing items here.

The Los Angeles county museum of art has a great collection of 18th century items to see online. They also have some great 18th century fashion drawings.

There is a great compiled list of extant 18th century women’s clothing from all over the net at this costuming site.

The Kyoto Costume Institute
Lots of photos of actual 18th century clothes.