Ed note:  This is a submission!  Thanks for finding and showing us this lovely plate, Elizabeth!  

Taylor,

Have you seen this one from KA? http://www.antique-fashion.com/Antique-Fashion/home.htm

On the sidebar, click Ephemera. It’s #1201P3  Fashion Print   c. 1825-1830

damesalamode:

Fashions of London and Paris, Head Dresses, October 1805. 

Proof that basic black doesn’t have to be boring!  My favorite is actually the little tiara on the bottom right!

legrandcirque:

London Lafayette, Portrait of Frances Evelyn Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick, 1906.

omgthatdress:

Bonnet

1820s

Augusta Auctions

Not knowing how to weave straw is one of the biggest disappointments of my life. 

questionableadvice:

~ Sears, Roebuck and Co., 1922
via Flickr
(click to enlarge)

Petit Courrier des Dames, 1834.

A wonderful collection of spring bonnets! Aren’t those colors just delicious?

Bonnets of the Season, Debenham & Freebody New Fashion Book, Autumn 1874. 

Via Archive.org

lauramcphee:

[Unidentified woman, about 30 years of age, half-length portrait, three-quarters to the left, wearing bonnet] Mathew Brady, c1844-60 

What a lovely portrait!

La Reunion, 1827.

Another example of one of my favorite accessories: the hairstyle (and hat) piercing arrow!

(And I’ll say it again:  WHAT IS UP WITCHOO LATE-1820s-HAIR?)

lostsplendor:

(via George, Betty and Matt: 1903 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

I love the pointy hats of this period!

(via lostsplendor)

Cabinet des Modes (later Magasin des Modes), May 1786. 

*sigh*

(Source: damesalamode, via thedapperbonnet)

oldrags:

Hats, 1897 New York, Millinery Trade Review

carolathhabsburg:

This is the first photographed woman ever, Dorothy Catherine Draper. Picture by her brother John William Draper, 1840

Stunning!

Fashions of London and Paris, London Head Dresses, June 1805. 

These are all fabulous, but I particularly like the straw bonnets with the Greek key design on them, and the girl with the simple wheat bandeau!