Costume Scene Investigation
19th Century
Mens Garments
Womens Garments
The women would wear long elegant dresses with tight waistbands. The dresses were made of silk,cotton,and wool.The collars were sometimes made of strips of fabric called a neckerchief. Some of the dresses were tight but most of them were long puffy dresses. Most of the dresses were long sleeves but some were short sleeves.
19th century womens dress
This dress was worn by women in the 19th century, it is a brown dress with a hint of red in it. This dress is long and has a long sleeves. The sleeves bunch up at the wrists.It is an elegant dress.
19th century the Dress Stella
The dress is known as Stella. The dress has layers at the bottom of it. When worn the dresses back poofs. Its sleeves are large but they do not bunch up at the wrists. Its a soft silky dress.
19th century Ball Gown
This dress was worn to balls during the cival war. It is a yellow ruffled dress that has short sleeves and it ruffled at the ends.
Men Headwear
Women Headwear
19th century bonnett
This bonnett is a yellow with blue ruffles hat.
feathered hat
This hat is large with tulle. The tulle in this photo is blue. The feathers are white. The hat has flowers too.
feathered hat
This hat is black with feathers. The feathers are brown and white. This also has flowers.
Men Footwear
Women Footwear
Women Accessories
coin bag
This coin bag is brown with a very nice stich to it. The rim of the top of the coin bag is lined with a gold colored lace.
necklace
This necklace is a pure white color. It's ribbon is black. This necklace has a domond right in the center of it. The necklace has a zig-zag patern on it.
pocket watches
The women would carry these so they could check the time.They would have a chain on one end of it and the other end of the chain would be conected to where the person wanted it.