19th c. dress

[helwen]

Found 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.

Comments

Re: 19th C Fashion

[islenskr.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. Rototilling morals.

There are so many ways to look at that.

:)

Re: 19th C Fashion

[fitzw.livejournal.com]

When you learn that we found a leak in the spring-fed pipeline that runs under the western end of the garden (when the water bubbled up to the service in the newly tilled dirt), it makes the image all that more interesting...