1800s halloween costumes

You can see their ankles! Scandalous. Modestly covered from head to toe 364 days a year, women began to dress in revealing costumes for Halloween as early as the 1820s, as a one day rebellion.

They were not exactly traditional costumes at this period. They were designed very creatively and so stunning!

Reproduction of historical costume from the Renaissance period, handmade in velvet in our atelier. The dress is enriched with trimmings and attention to detail. Size S-M Having laces at the back it adapts to multiple sizes. Comprehends : - skirt - dress complete with torso stiffened by splints. - guardinfante or crinoline (undergarment that is worn under the skirt) -handbag -headgear Size S-M This costume is adaptable to these two sizes thanks to the presence of the back lacing. UNIQUE piece…

"And yet here he was, if one could credit one's senses, about to take part in a fancy-dress ball, a form of entertainment notoriously a testing experience for the toughest. And he was attending that fancy-dress ball, mark you—not, like every other well-bred Englishman, as a Pierrot, but as Mephistopheles—this involving, as I need scarcely stress, not only scarlet tights but a pretty frightful false beard." ~ Right Ho, Jeeves by P. G. Wodehouse via gravesandghouls tumblr, Victorian costumes…

If you are like me and you have a closet full of vintage style clothing and historical costumes, Halloween is just another day to dress up in one of them. Sounds boring until I put a little spooky spin on them, and suddenly my ordinary clothes become creative vintage Halloween costumes! Need ideas on how

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Worth afternoon dress ca. 1867 From the Albany Institute of History & Art