What is a fashion plate?

A fashion plate is an illustration demonstrating the highlights of fashionable styles of clothing. Traditionally they are rendered through etching, line engraving, or lithograph and then colored by hand. To quote historian James Laver, the best of them tend to "reach a very high degree of aesthetic value."

A Fashion Plate Circa: 1865, Artknits Special Collections

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Badminton: The Facts, Rules, And Questions.

Badminton is an indoor or an outdoor game with rackets and a birdie instead of a tennis ball. It was played on the court or the lawn. And it was similar to tennis because of its rackets and speed. Here are some rules of badminton: Some rules of badminton: 1. When there is a serve with the birdie, you can earn points. 2. When you earned 11 points in your leading score, players have a 60-second interval. 3. The birdie should not be carried or like resting at the racquet. 4. Each side can hit the birdie only once until it passes over the net. Once it hits, the player cannot hit the birdie in a new movement. 5. When the birdie hits the ceiling, it is a fault. Badminton question and answer: 1. When was badminton introduced in the Olympics? Answer = 1992 2. What country is badminton popular in? Answer = China 3. How many goose feathers does a "birdie" have? Answer - 16 goose feathers 4. When was badminton first played? Answer = 19th century 5. What is the original name for badmint...

Chapter 3 in Ms. Rozano's fashion history: The 1860s dress and style

When she arrived in the 1860s, she had saw a pretty fair maidian who saw fashions for men. So, she wanted Ms. Rozano to wear a pretty 1860s dress with a cloak on it. It was originally from a European magazine, and its second appeared in the June 1865 of Godey's Magazine. So she wears it to town and for parties. When she wanted to go get magazines from this time period, she wanted to get the Godey magazines. She went on a boat to Europe, to find her favorite magazines like "La Mode Illustree," and others. A fashion magazine: Circa: 1865

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