Peterson's Magazine used to copy fashion plates from French magazines. By the 1870s it seems that they were taking figures from several plates and combining them into one image. The end result was often an odd combination of costumes (a model wearing a ball dress standing next to one in sportswear, for example). Happily that is avoided in this image of women mostly in evening dress. From left to right:
- Dinner dress in peach-colored silk
- Dinner dress in green silk, with a white cashmere dolman
- Evening dress in blue silk for a young lady
- Evening dress of white tulle over white silk
- Reception dress of black silk.
Of these, only the last is suitable for (formal) day wear.
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