1880s american fashion

As I talked about in Tuesday 4th December's post on Ruby Streatfeild, researching the peerage is a damn sight easier than some friendless seamstress, no offence to friendless seamstresses obviously. Also as I mentioned with Ruby, she was related by marriage to today's lady, Lady Florence Beatrice Anson. Florence Beatrice Anson, c.1864 Lady Florence Beatrice Anson came into the world on 12 August 1860, eldest daughter of the Earl of Lichfield, Thomas George Anson. There were a great number of…

Five women are standing out of doors. Behind them are trees and houses. The woman on the left is wearing a deep green velvet jacket over a yellow dress. The jacket has long straight sleeves with a slight fullness at the shoulder. The jacket has cross over lapels with notched details and rosette trimming. The vest or blouse under the jacket is also deep green with braid trim details at the center front, a high standing collar, and a v point at the hem. Her yellow underskirt has a vertical…

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Five women stand in an elegant room. The woman on the left is wearing a high-collared, black and gray pinstripe hip length jacket in a masculine style, with a standing collar, wide lapels, and gold buttons at the front and on the cuffs. The jacket comes to a point at the center front. A plain white collar and cuffs are visible. Her skirt is gray and gathered up into poufs at the side over an underskirt of the black and gray pinstripe. She wears a black hat with a pink plume, black ribbons…