To that end, though many extant garments exist, I prefer to draw my inspiration from fashion plates and my very favorite source is the University of Washington Fashion Plate Collection. They have fashion plates ranging from 1806 to 1913, carefully scanned and catalogued online. It's a fabulous collection - the result of 30 years of preservation and research done by a former faculty member - and my first stop whenever I need inspiration.
Pinterest is great, but Pinterest will never replace an excellent direct source archive and this one has been inspiring me since I first started branching out into 19th century costuming.
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