Fancy dress, 1877 France, La Mode Illustree, Elizabethan, Revolutionary, ? The Dreamstress Fancy Dress Parties Costumes from the 19th Century Maryland Center for History and Culture Different types of fancy dress and other pages from the Language of Fashion Old Book Scans, The Language of Fashion 1939 Fashion Dictionary There was, for a time, a publication called Weldon's Fancy Dress Catalogue. It presented costume designs for women, men, and in a separate edition, children's designs. Active in the 1920s and 30s