Here's a sampling of the vintage fashions featured in the June 1904 edition of Ladies Home Journal :
This ad makes you hurt just looking at it. Certainly a far cry from the undergarments of today.
This fashion spread features cotton and silk muslin dresses for summer wear. The ruffled frock in the center is a "dainty afternoon dress."
This lovely lady sports "made to your order" clothing from the National Cloak and Suit Co. A suit could be purchased for $7.50 by mail order with shipping included.
No wonder they needed steamer trunks for traveling. This vacation dress spread features several "afternoon" frocks with the centerpiece being an tailored linen shirtwaist suit.
Scans from the collection of Pamela Wiggins
