Fashions Through the Decades
1850s
1870s
1880s
1890s
1900s
1910s
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
This online tour of Fort Collins Fashions focuses on a few selected photographs that portray the clothing styles worn by the community's elite, as well as the clothing worn by the average working family. Most of these photographs were chosen by Leslie Vollnagle in 1993 to be used for her graduate project in Historic Clothing and Textiles at Colorado State University. The Archive's collection of biographical photographs is an excellent resource for historic clothing research projects; and many of these photographs can now be searched on-line.
For more information on historical fashions:
Books on Historical Costume and Dress in the Library
La Couturiere Parisian
Costume History sorted by Period at The Costumer's Manifesto
But Mom, I Have Nothing to Wear Packet B
Fashion History and Costume Eras, Victorians to Haute Couture
Historical Boys Clothing
Identifying Historic Photographs: Clues for Genealogy Researchers
OLA Quarterly, Volume 7, Number 4, Winter 2001
The Costume Gallery
Victoriana.Com Articles, The History of the Fashionable Bathing Suit
