Inexpensive, mass-produced masquerade costumes were available for mail order in the 1930s. This selection of costumes is from the Fall 1933 Sears catalog.
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An exotic and modern fancy dress costume from La Guirlande, 1921.
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Opulent Jeanne Lanvin fancy dress costumes for an 18th century Venetian themed ball. From La Gazette du Bon Ton, 1921.
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Several suggested fancy dress costumes with descriptions from a 1921 fashion magazine.
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A gorgeous game themed masquerade dress from the early 1920s that was auctioned off on ebay a few years ago.
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A flirty female harlequin masquerade costume from Le Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1914.
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An 18th century themed masquerade costume based on the opera Manon, from Le Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1914.
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A modern Edwardian take on Venetian fancy dress incorporating the recently introduced hobble skirt. From Le Journal des Dames et des Modes, 1913.
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A print entitled Fish Out of Water: or, Leaving the fancy dress ball, based on a painting by Paul Rene Reinicke, 1893.
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Woman in Masquerade Costume painted by Frederick H. Kaemmerer circa 1892.
