"Les Modes Parisiennes" (in "Peterson's Magazine", March 1862)

The plates in Peterson's Magazine weren't original—they were mostly copied from a French weekly called Les Modes Parisiennes Illustrées.  Peterson's colour plates usually appeared a few months behind the originals, and were often adapted to suit American tastes and social conditions.  (They were also printed on narrower paper, so the images sometimes appear cropped as in the example below.)

FASHIONS FOR MARCH

FIG. 1—WALKING DRESS OF STONE-COLORED WATERED SILK.—There is a quilling of black ribbon down the front of the dress and around the bottom.  Large black silk buttons also ornament the front.  The body is made open a short way down the front, with lappels also trimmed with black ribbon, turned back.  A plaited chemisette and worked collar are worn with this dress.  Sleeves shaped to the arm and trimmed to match the rest of the dress.  Bonnet of stone-colored and white straw, striped, and trimmed with black ribbon and pink flowers.

FIG. 2—HOUSE DRESS OF LILAC DELAINE—The skirt as well as the Zouave jacket are braided in black, and a white cashmere vest is worn under the jacket, with a cashmere collar.  Cape of guipure lace, trimmed with bows of lilac ribbon.

(More on the topic of "Americanizing" fashion plates can be found here: "Americanizing French fashion plates: Godey's and Peterson's cultural and socio-economic translation of Les Modes Parisiennes" / by Karin J. Bohleke, in American Periodicals: A Journal of History and Criticism, Volume 20, Number 2, 2010.)