19th c. dress
May. 12th, 2008 11:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helwenFound this site of late 19th century women's clothing
Ignoring the ridiculously tiny waist, I adore this waistcoat
Some of the sleeves are too poufy for me, but I do kind of like this, this (nice hat!), and more lace than I like, but I am fond of a nice mantle/short cloak
Then there's this impractical evening dress, (when would I wear such a thing?)
I'm not a fan of corsets, so I guess it's a good thing I don't do 19th c. re-enactment... I think I'd be in a tennis or biking outfit most of the time!
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This is an interesting site, which talks about the 'rational dress' movement during the 19th c.: http://www.costumes.org/classes/fashiondress/dress_reformblip.htm
Another interesting site: http://www.fashion-era.com/the_victorian_era.htm (including things like the Aesthetic Dress Reform, etc.). This happens to be the Victorian page, but this site as a bunch of stuff from Regency (late 18th/early 19th) through to the 1990s.
Ignoring the ridiculously tiny waist, I adore this waistcoat
Some of the sleeves are too poufy for me, but I do kind of like this, this (nice hat!), and more lace than I like, but I am fond of a nice mantle/short cloak
Then there's this impractical evening dress, (when would I wear such a thing?)
I'm not a fan of corsets, so I guess it's a good thing I don't do 19th c. re-enactment... I think I'd be in a tennis or biking outfit most of the time!
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This is an interesting site, which talks about the 'rational dress' movement during the 19th c.: http://www.costumes.org/classes/fashiondress/dress_reformblip.htm
Another interesting site: http://www.fashion-era.com/the_victorian_era.htm (including things like the Aesthetic Dress Reform, etc.). This happens to be the Victorian page, but this site as a bunch of stuff from Regency (late 18th/early 19th) through to the 1990s.
