Music Hall performer
Kathy Pinna This is Lottie Collins, a music hall performer, in 1892. Obviously, she's wearing a corset.
Charles F. Worth design
Kathy Pinna This is a dress made by the "Father of Haute Couture," Charles Frederick Worth, in 1888 for a woman being presented at the Russian Court. The overlay is green velvet and the dress and embroidery are silver.
Alice Vanderbilt
Kathy Pinna Another Charles Worth design in the late 1800's.
Godey's Magazine, December 1861
Kathy Pinna Godey's showed women what was fashionable. They then copied the designs.
Carol Clark Circa 1865, this woman wrote on the back of the photo that her dress was "blue, very blue"!
Details!
Pam Marks As you may see by now, 1800's dressing was all about the details and the fabric.
Princess Elisabeth of Saxony
AncientFaces Royals' dresses were a little fancier, but you see the same basic style.
President Woodrow Wilson’s wife, 1887
Kathy Pinna 
Nancy Taylor This is probably from the 1860's or '70's.
1899 - big sleeves, less skirt
All those embellishments!
Cora Cuen Provocative for her day
Georgia Angell Born in the 1790's, she followed 1800's fashion
Terri Julians 
Austin Mannheim Don't forget the boys
Nelson Anderson Little boy fashion in 1888
Small waists
Trudy Tollefson Yes, corsets were a staple of everyday life
Lloydster Lloyd Work clothes
Sue Aitchison-windeler This is a nanny (or "nurse") with her charge in 1869
House of Worth, 1860's
Kathy Pinna Great fabric
Lawrence Corbett Look at the original, you can see the luxury of the fabric.
A bustle, a corset . . .
Sue Aitchison-windeler And the flow of this dress is great! Circa 1860's England.
How many yards of material?
Sue Carson It looks like this circa 1870's dress took many yards of material! (Compared to the one yard (?) in today's clothes.)
Modest Scotland
Sue Aitchison-windeler She looks to be following the fashion of Queen Victoria after Prince Albert died in 1861.
Mom & daughter
Jane Stacy As you can see, the basic dress wasn't that different between Moms and daughters. The daughter has a bigger bow, a more sprightly material . . .
Sue Aitchison-windeler The photo is old (probably 1850's) but look closely - the detail on their dresses is wonderful.
1897 - the latest in hats
Kathy Pinna English beach dressing
Sue Aitchison-windeler Remember: It's not the warm Riviera!
Mid-1800's traveling clothes
So much clothing!
Nathalie Blot Froment This 54 yr old woman, in 1859, must have been exercising every time she moved.
Showing off the bustle
William Fox 1895 dresses, Norway
Randi Thommessen Now the shoulders are fancy.
