I put in a search and found at least two that were easy to navagate for me. One was http://www.ladiesemporium.com/store/ladies_victorian_dresses.php
But my vavorite was Recollections. Both places you can shop for dresses and go back to the Victorian era. I went crazy snagging a number of the pictures for the dresses and suits my characters wear. I've been able to save them into another document and when I get time I'll enter the description of the fabric. Taffita was usually the fabric used.
There's a number of ball gowns, and even the more risque saloon dresses that I'll be using in the book. Like this one. The murdered woman worked in a salloon, and I thought this dress was a good choice. Notice the fringe and lace as well as the three tired ruffles.
That's one of the best things about writing historicals, researching the clothing! And what a great time period to research!
ReplyDelete~Lorelei says:
ReplyDeleteI agree, Heather. I've gotten obsessed with it now. I realize I have many of my grandmother's things from this era. I think I'm old fashioned in this way too.
How interesting! And terrific that you have your grandmother's wardrobe!!!
ReplyDeleteI love researching appopriate pieces for the time of my stories. It's easy to get carried away and spend so much time researching and looking through photos that I don't get back to the writing for a long time. Best of luck on this one!
ReplyDelete~Lorelei Says:
ReplyDeleteOh, I'll say, Sylvia. It was hard for me to quit last night, but a storm came in, and it was past my bed time, but I went to working on figuring out some things on the climax.
And Lizz, I have jewelry, a fur muff, and a few other misc. items. The knitted and crochetted doilies I cherrish and try to hold on to best I can. Also have a very, very old pin. My grandmother was from Norway.