Saturday, 3 October 2026

Masquerade costumes of spring, the sun and a witch in a fashion plate of 1880

Colour plate from La Mode illustrée: a girl wreathed in flowers and two women in sun and witch costumes, the witch's skirt patterned with bats.

1880. Costumes of spring, the little sun and the witch. The sun has a golden fringe over the groin area, the witch a skirt of snakes and bats. Accordingly, the little girl in flowers is spring.

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