Victorian dresses continue to captivate the imagination of fashion enthusiasts, ... Popular in the 1870s and 1880s, bustle dresses featured exaggerated back skirts supported by padded structures.

They say beauty is pain, but for some Victorian women, beauty was death. During the mid-19th century, many fashionable women ...

American Victorian costume in early photographs by Priscilla Harris Dalrymple ... Contents The 1840s -- The 1850s -- The 1860s -- The 1870s -- The 1880s -- The 1890s Summary Over 280 rare photographs ...

Victorian gown with bustle. ... Whanganui Regional Museum recently opened Dressed to Thrill, an exhibition of fashion clothing and accessories from the 1870s and 1970s.

The 1870 census shows Idaho women who were dressmakers and milliners (designers and makers of hats), and the Tri-weekly Statesman reported regularly on the fashion and dress of the day.