Late 19th century fashion

late 19th century dress cotton dress. This is awesome.... definately want to make this one! Notice the skirt!

Loving the stripes! Late 1880s

1890's day dress

While working on my Regency dress, I have also been planning my Gibson Girl evening gown. Since the turn-of-the-century/early Edwardian period is completely new to me, the first thing I did was to start training my eye to the fashionable silhouette of the period. My jumping-off point was the work of Charles Dana Gibson, an illustrator who made his name in the 1890s with his charming (and often satirical) drawings of people from all walks of life. His most famous subject, of course, is the…

“Portrait of an unidentified woman. Photographed by Curtis & Crosby in Lewiston, Maine, in the 1870s. Fine Vernacular Photography.”

Fashion Plate - La Mode Illustree - 1891

pioneer woman 1880s - https://www.pinterest.com/thepioneerway/pioneer-history/

The 18th century was a century of great shifts in political and social thinking. In the beginning of the century, Europe was still dominated by the idea that monarchs were "chosen by God", and this was their true belief. This idea was so prevelant, that priests and clergymen were often present at the birth of royals in order to ordain their souls as sacrosanct to god and their "chosen position". This idea begins to fall apart with the Age of Enlightenment, an era from the 1650s to the 1780s…