Oh, fun. I have a "Centennial Dress" from the 1870's that's a really
interesting take on quasi-Colonial. I'm still trying to figure out what
they were doing with the flat-fronted skirt that has some really odd seams
to make quasi-panniers, and the bias-wrapped elbow-triangles are a hoot.
Look in the 1870s, or later, for "Dolly Varden" costumes. I have an
illustrated history of American theatre, from the 1860s to the 1960s (with
some very interesting photos of people who got famous in the movies or TV
later), and Dolly Varden was a play that kept getting revived. It seems
you can always tell the decade the photo is from.
Victorian Fancy Dress costumes are just as hoot-like.
CarolynKayta Barrows
dollmaker, fibre artist, textillian
www.FunStuft.com
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