[h-cost] searching for 1887 misses' fashion illustrations

2016-01-20 Thread Elena House
Okay, I have an overly specific search challenge/request for the list! I'm looking for illustrations (of any sort, as long as they're primary or really really accurate secondary sources) of what upper middle class girls of 9, 15, and 19 years old would wear in the summer of 1887 as they're

Re: [h-cost] searching for 1887 misses' fashion illustrations

2016-01-20 Thread Sharon Collier
Have you tried school group photos? I know most are front facing, posed shots, but you could extrapolate the backs from knowing what the front looked like. A girls school might have photos dating back that far. Sharon C. -Original Message- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com