1900 accessories

If you owned this photograph, wouldn’t you want to know more about the young woman wearing the outrageous butterfly hat? I have looked at this image for years, but all I knew was that the photographer had captured my grandmother Arline Allen Kinsel in a very flattering window-seat pose. Arline’s white muslin dress and huge…

Gibson Girl hairstyles are in again! For Christmas parties, Gibson Girls wore elaborate pompadour hairstyles decorated with DIY hair accessories.

Can you imagine having to wear gloves every time you left the house? Even in the summer? While gloves are worn only for warmth these days, they were an absolute necessity up until the mid-twentieth century. Both of the World Wars contributed to the vintage glove’s demise, as well as the new, more independent lifestyle

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Victorian women were notable for their tall black lace-up Victorian boots. They continued to be worn into the 1950s with a vintage revival in the 1980s as well. Often called granny boots, Old West boots, Lolita boots or witch's boots, they are popular with Civil War and Victorian event reenactors. Button up boots and low

Hats were a key component to women's fashion during the gilded age. They were commonly worn everyday and most women didn't leave the house without one.