Vintage Victorian Fashion Illustration - Plaid Dress & Feathered Hat #3305643 (License: Personal Use)

This black-and-white illustration depicts a fashionable late-Victorian woman standing in profile, wearing a high-necked, vertically striped corseted bodice paired with a full plaid skirt detailed with trim and buttons; her sleeves are exaggeratedly puffed and gathered, and she wears a decorative hat adorned with flowers and a large feather. The artist’s signature “G. de Billy” appears in the lower left corner, indicating a French fashion illustrator active in the 1880s-1890s. The composition emphasizes silhouette and textile pattern, typical of period fashion plates.

Commonly used on fashion history websites, museum digital archives, vintage costume blogs, and academic resources about 19th-century dress; serves users researching historical attire, designers seeking period references, or educators illustrating sartorial evolution.