Promenade dress

Seaside resorts in England—whether in Brighton, Bournemouth, or Burnham-on-Sea—were as much a place to flaunt one’s style as London itself during the season.

Forest Green Velvet Dress, Emile Pingat, silk and metallic thread, c. 1888, French.

Promenade dress, American, ca. 1903. Wool and silk. Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fashion Plate, ‘Promenade Dress’ for ‘The Repository of Arts’, Rudolph Ackermann (England, London, 1764-1834), England, London, January 1, 1827, Prints, Hand-colored engraving on paper.

Moniteur de la Mode, September 1863. LAPL Visual Collections. Civil War Era Fashion Plate

"A sea-green crape dress, vandyked round the petticoat, and ornamented with large beads; a full drapery over the shoulders and confined in the back with a pearl band, ornamented round the neck and down the back with beads. ..."

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Our New Clothes: Acquisitions of the 1990s," April 6–August 22, 1999.New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion," May 6–August 9, 2009