A portrait of an African American woman in Victorian fashion. My guess is that this photograph was taken sometime in the 1860s when necklines rose and the bustle was more noticeable. Fashion historians have also observed that skirt fronts flattened out (also drawing more attention to the…
Of Another Fashion: A portrait of an African American woman in Victorian fashion. My guess...
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I can’t decide what part of Marguerite Willard’s look I love more, her corsage or her hair which recalls Princess Leia’s hair buns but, you know, preceded them by about 50 years!
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