Costumes from 1887
Retronaut posted some cards with costumes for Fancy Dress balls from 1887. Some of them were very interesting.
Here is a costume called The Hornet.
This one is called Magpie. I sure hope they aren’t suggesting wearing actual magpies (stuffed or live) on her head and shoulders.
Here is a good old fashioned Witch costume.
It looks very much like a witch costume you could buy today at Amazon:
Finally, here are some children’s costumes.
It funny how different costumes can be, but at the same time, they are VERY similar. The only difference now is that the normal clothes of people living in 1887 are now costumes of today. I suspect that will be the case in one hundred years. Our every day clothes of today will be the costumes of tomorrow. In fact, I have seen that within my own lifetime.
