I'm planning ahead for next year, hopefully me and Chad can afford to participate in a Dickens Christmas. I'm looking at 1880s because that is the Simplicity pattern I already have.
Dress for Tall Stacks: Tall Stacks is a celebration of the steamboat era/Victorian times. Nice overview by the decades.
Antique and Vintage clothing for Sale A few items in this group I'd like to recreate:
Maroon velvet dress
Sherlock Holmes plaid woman's coat
Gold brocade and ivory silk evening gown: mainly interested in the sleeve varation. My pattern is sleeveless, but I don't want to freeze.
Lavender evening gown 1890s
Walking Gown with matching jacket: a good alternative gown idea if the evening gown doesn't work out due to weather.
The Copper taffeta: like the sleeve variation
Reproduction Victorian Dress for Sale, some items I'm interested in:
Peacock blue ball gown
Iced purple evening gown: sleeves! Okay so it's really cold this winter.
Gold and velvet tafetta: and more sleeves.
Article on the Victorian Christmas season and fashion expectations
Victorian trivia articles
Shooting Star History: recreated bustle dresses
Visiting Dress 1880s: I like the stlye of that whole ensemble, maybe in a different color?
Victoriand and Edwardian patterns from Patterns in Time no men's patterns, odd.
Overview of both men and women's Victorian fashion
Demode's pictures of Victorian clothing
Picture of an evening fur coat
Worth dress: like the color combination
Gold evening gown: love the way this drapes
Three gowns: love the colors
Men's Victorian garb
What Victorians Wore another article
Articles on Victorian garb from GBACG
