If you are looking for a little visual candy in addition to the lovely book suggestions, the miniseries The Buccaneers had some lovely seaside looks, iirc. Think white and pale colors (or colors striped with white) in light fabrics like lawn.... and ruffles. :) So yummy!
Teena ________________________________ From: Kathryn Pinner <pinn...@mccc.edu> To: Historical Costume <h-cost...@indra.com> Sent: Mon, July 4, 2011 5:58:27 PM Subject: [h-cost] 1880's "casual" dress question IIRC, 1879-80 is sort of between bustle periods. What would a young English lady living on the coast of Cornwall be wearing? I will be costuming "Pirates of Penzance" in January and am looking for some ideas of where to look. Fashion plates in Godey's and Harper's hardly seem the type of garment that young ladies would be wearing on the beach. Googling previous "Pirates" productions produces a wide range. Of course I know that it is an operetta with a rather silly premise and costume designers can take great liberties, but I would love to have some idea of what might actually have been worn. Any pointers in the right direction will be greatly appreciated. I am more familiar with 18th cent.-early 19th c. and then very late 19th c. (Fran, which of your books covers this?) Kate _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
