Vintage Dress Swatches
Help stomp out ugly background images by downloading these snazzy swatches taken from my large collection of vintage dresses. I scanned in the fabric and tweaked the images until -- voila! -- compact, tileable, 128-color background GIFs.

If you need help grabbing these dress swatches, then read these handy tips.


View this swatch, tiled.
Save this swatch.

View this swatch, tiled.
Save this swatch.

View this swatch, tiled.
Save this swatch.

View this swatch, tiled.
Save this swatch.

View this swatch, tiled.
Save this swatch.

View this swatch, tiled.
Save this swatch.

View this swatch, tiled.
Save this swatch.

View this swatch, tiled.
Save this swatch.
 

Image saving and editing tips

These images are ready for you to save and use, but you may want to:

  • further reduce the number of colors or resize the image in order to shrink the file size
  • use your favorite graphics program to reduce the contrast or "wash-out" the image so it doesn't compete as much with your body text

View
...lets you see the swatch as it will appear when used as a background. Your browser will display a tiled background if you are using Netscape 1.1 (or higher) or any other browser that recognizes the <BODY BACKGROUND> tag.

Save
...loads just the image into your browser. A slightly larger copy of the swatch you have chosen will appear. Simply select the "Save" or "Save as" option from your browser's menu (usually under the "File" command) to save to disk.


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