How to use the Gallery
The gallery uses LiveJournal’s tag system to allow for easy browsing*.

The GALLERY link will take you to the complete list of tags. Click on one of these tags to browse the images. You can also browse the most recently uploaded images by clicking on “Recent Entries” on the top navigation bar. 25 entries (images) per page are shown. To continue browsing, use the Previous 25 Entries and Next 25 Entries links at the bottom of the pages. If this website's layout isn't optimal for your resolution or you want to browse fullscreen directly in LiveJournal, follow this link.

*I apologise for the advertisement, which has been since added by Livejournal to all Basic accounts viewed by guests. If you have a LJ account (they are free, and "downgrading" to a Basic account will get rid of advertisement) and log in, you won't see them anymore. I cannot at this moment afford a paid account, so the advertisement will remain for the time being. If this bothers you in the extreme, you are welcome to buy a paid account for this journal ;P

Gallery Info
Individual images are posted as a LJ (LiveJournal) entry and tagged. If you own a LJ account, you can add this journal to your friends list to automatically see new entries, but be aware that the images are quite big, there will be no lj-cuts, and big batches (many entries) may be posted from time to time. This might mess up your friend’s page.

Since the images are posted in LJ, it is possible to leave a comment to an entry, and comments to a comment. Anonymous (not logged-in or non LJ user) comments will be moderated.

A guestbook is available in one of the entries. Follow the link in the menu to leave your message. Anonymous (not logged-in or non LJ user) messages will be moderated.

Tags
The images are tagged according to year, month, year and month, age/gender, kind of garment and kind of fabric. There are also other tags for accessories, furniture/decoration, embroidery, etc.

I’ve mantained the original French terms for the kinds of fabric and the garments. Many of these terms are the same or very similar in English, others are difficult to translate, or outdated. If you know of a translation that is not filled-in in the following list, or a correction to the curent translation, please let me know: mer.almagro@gmail.com

Kinds of fabric tagged to date:

batiste – batiste (fine soft sheer fabric of plain weave)
cachemire – cashmere (soft twilled fabric made of fine goat's wool)
dentelle – lace
faye – faille (ribbed silk, similar to bengaline)
gaze – gauze (thin, translucent fabric with a loose open weave)
lainage – wool
limousine –
lin - linen
mousseline – mousseline (fine sheer fabric)
percale – percale (closely woven lightweight cloth)
reps de soie – silk rep (plain-woven fabric with crosswise ribs)
satin – satin (closely woven silk with lustrous face)
satinette – satinet (thin silk satin or imitation thereof)
serge – serge (strong twilled worsted)
soie – silk
soie mate – matte silk
surah – surah (soft twilled silk)
tissu – material/fabric
toile – plain or simple twilled fabric
tulle – sheer and delicate thin silk
velours – velvet (piled velvety cotton)
vigogne – vicuña (fabric made from wool of the vicuña, a small ruminant)
voile – soft fine sheer fabric

Some fabric descriptions that have been omitted from the tags:

rayé(e) / a rayures - striped
écossais - ("scottish") plaid
carré(e) / carreaux - with squares
quadrillé(e) - with squares (lines forming squares)
broché(e) - brocaded
brodé(e) - embroidered
peinte - painted
uni(e) - solid-colored
rayures algériennes - algerian stripes

Kinds of garment tagged to date:

chapeau – hat
chemisette – chemisette
corsage – bodice
corselet – corselet
corset – corset
costume – costume, suit
costume de bain – bathing suit
costume de voyage – travelling costume
fichu – fichu
gants – gloves
mantelet – mantle
mantille – mantilla
pardessus – overcoat
robe – feminine dress, normally composed of skirt, overskirt and bodice (toilette is used interchangeably with robe, thus has been replaced with robe for the tags)
robe d'amazone – riding costume
toilette de casino – casino dress
travestissements – disguise, fancy dress
visite – visiting coat, mantle
robe de mariee – wedding gown

Colors mentioned:

poupre - purple
blanc - white
brun - brown
chamois - fawn
gris - grey
rouge - red

Other words:

deuil - mourning
cabinet de travail - study, office