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Once you consider Victorian costumes have you been seeing satin and silks with pleats, bustles, and beautiful hats? You can find women and men's costumes from this era, which spans a long time-line, therefore offers several styles to pick from.

This is the time when the rich wore beautiful clothing as being a sign of their place in society. While everyone else worn the simplest of styles and fabrics. Do not fret, all Victorian Costumes depict the young and old elite of society. After all these costumes are for having a great and pretending, so why not go all the way.

Pick the "hour glass" dress with bustles and pleats that shape the costume to fall gracefully to the floor. Add a feathered hat and evening gloves to your assemble portraying the socialite of the Victorian age.

A married woman or older woman wore the heavier fabrics with the crispy silks and satins or velvets. They always wore a hat so you must remember to get a hat. The bigger the dress in width the bigger the hat needs to be.

In the mid 19th century, there seems to be a change in attitudes about the popular holiday resorts. The seaside was not enjoyed as a place of social status but when the resorts were deemed healthy for enjoyment and pleasure the socialites rode off to the new resorts. They had to have new clothing, which resulted in seaside-clothing trends.

Have a look at the Ships Captain costume that comes with a double breasted jacket, gold trim, an official pair of pants with gold strips. You should be able to find sizes from a small to extra large size.

The Captain needs a beautiful Lady at his side wearing a Full length skirt with a jacket buttoning on one side, blue or gold buttons from the top of the jacket down the skirt. Finish off your "out to sea" style with a wide hat with plumes of "down feathers" and shading you from shoulder to shoulder.

Low cut shoulder lines exposed the "bertha" style, trimmed with inches of lace flounce with bands of pleats. You could be accompanied by a man with a tailored cut suite representing the elite of his class. The cut of the coat is what changed for the middle class men. They represented masculinity and class status during the Victorian era.

A mans costume could be a double breasted jacket, with a lined vest, pants and a placket detail. You may want to dress in a handsome morning coat with pin stripes pants Add a velveteen vest and your are ready to assist your lady as a proper gentleman.

Chose from lots of styles spreading across an era. The lines in clothing began to slim down and become more natural fitting. You can choose from the late Victorian era when dresses revealed more and fit the actual shape of the body.

Mens fashions influenced by way of a aesthetic movemet of dress, earning the belted jacket, knickers, and robes. You can choose from a large varitey of Victorian costumes which displays and era's mannerisms, hairstyles, and class status all through the clothing they wore.

by: Bob Anderson




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