Since my third book is taking shape--and I had originally decided that this world's styles are somewhere in the late 1870's--the Victorian Age--I thought I would go and see what I could find on Victorian dress.
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.
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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.
Friday I'll share with you the ball gowns I thought were just beautiful, and a little bit more about some of the things they wore back then.