1860 Costumes

PLEASE check our detailed size information before your purchase. IF your size is special OR you have not selected the right size, please choose a custom size and send your Bust, Waist, Hip and Height to us after placed your order, we will FREE customize this dress for you. Material: Cotton blend Size Type: Regular Size Size: XS/S/M/L/XL/XXL Length: Floor-length Sleeve Type: Long Sleeve Material: Cotton and Lace Occasion: Casual/Special Occasion Country of Manufacture: China Size Chart(cm) XS Che... [Read More]

Written and illustrated by Janet Arnold, PATTERNS OF FASHION 1 is dedicated to Englishwomen's dresses and their construction, c. 1660-1860. --This unique book contains drawings and patterns taken from (48) original specimens. Examples include a bodice in ivory silk with two details from 1660-1665, a riding habit from 1730-1750, and a wedding dress in ivory silk from 1827-1829. --Additionally, Ms. Arnold brings the following: · Pattern cutting and dressmaking, c 1660-1860. A selection of extra... [Read More]

Turn back time with color photos and insightful essays about America’s quilting past! Admire one hundred antique quilts and textiles you’ve never seen before, curated from the remarkable Poos Collection. Flip through the pages to find a wide range of styles in pre-Civil War quilting—elaborate hand piecing and appliqué, signature quilts, wholecloth beauties, cutout chintz, and intarsia, plus the only known example of an American pictorial war quilt. An invaluable resource to America’s qu... [Read More]

Updated with nearly 30 high-quality vintage images, the second edition of this lavishly illustrated book provides irrefutable documentation of ladies' fashions worn in Victorian America from 1860 to 1900. Extensively researched using nineteenth-century fashion, beauty, etiquette, household, and medical literature, the book explores the fluctuations in clothing styles including undergarments, casual wear, sports clothes, common dress, evening attire, hairstyles, and jewelry, while tracing the fas... [Read More]

After the Civil War the upper middle class in America expanded and became increasingly style-conscious. Visiting European royalty as well as American women returning from the International Exhibition in Paris in 1867 stimulated fashion awareness—and it was in this climate that the magazine Harper's Bazar flowered. Dedicated to being "A repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction," it brought to American women inside glimpses of the very latest European and American fashions, all in carefu... [Read More]

Returning to Saint Petersburg after a long exile, a dashing retired army officer makes a comfortable living by winning other people's duels. An enigmatic, focused, and extremely skilled professional, he leaves a trail of dead bodies behind him as he swirls through polite society, frequently called upon to wield a pistol as a surrogate in duels at dawn. But when he meets the naïve young Prince and his beautiful sister, Princess Martha, the normally cold-hearted mercenary is surprised by his unde... [Read More]

Wearable prints are not only a decorative art form but also the product of a range of complex industrial processes and an economically important commodity. But when did textile printing originate, and how can we identify the fabrics, inks, dyes, and printing processes used on surviving historical examples? In Wearable Prints, 1760 1860 (winner of 5 awards, see below), author Susan Greene surveys the history of wearable printed fabrics, which reaches back into the earliest days of the discov... [Read More]

Dress up for Halloween this year as a cowboy. Also fun for everyday pretend play. Costume set includes two pieces - chaps with elastic waist and side fringe, plus a vest. Designed to be worn over your street clothing like button down shirt and denim jeans. Polyester gaberdine fabric. Machine wash gently, lay flat to dry. Imported. Size 2/4 dimensions: vest length from shoulder to hem approx. 14.5" and chest circumference approx. 31". Pants inseam 13.5" and Unstretched waist circumference 22"Size... [Read More]