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Posted on by Lost Elegance

The summer has been very busy. I have been busy with our new journal ” You and I – A Journey in Motherhood” This high quality journal/ art and fashion history book will feature 80 full colour high resolution antique fashion engravings of mothers and their children – representing a 100 year of fashion history – from year 1800 till 1900. Beautiful memory book for new mothers.

The first copies would arrive from the printer in the next couple of weeks. – I am personally very excited the book would show motherhood in all of it’s glorious stages – from the new baby to marriage, from new mothers to grandmother offering presents, and advice to their granddaughters on their wedding day.

Stop by again to take a peek at the first photos.

 

Till soon!

Katie

Lost Elegance

I love history, art and fashion. The ladies and gentleman's periodicals from from the 1700's and 1800's are my absolute favourite. My family owns large antique collection containing such publications. It rivals the collections of such prestigious institutions as the Metropolitan and Smithsonian museums. I hope to have it uploaded for viewing one day soon. The cards I offer for sale are recreated using the coloured engravings contained in those books. Each Image is carefully scanned in order to be cataloged, Few of us know that the original engravings, called fashion plates, were hand coloured for each and every copy of the magazine. Many such plates are destroyed every day when they are cut and framed. I wish to offer a quality alternative to our desire for antique prints in order to preserve as many as I can. We use the proceeds from our sales to create an archive of such fashion plates. I admire the Elegance-both of the homes and dresses of the times long gone, and wish to bring a little bit of it back to our busy, often stripped of glamour lives.