Hoopskirts, Union Blues, and Confederate Grays
Civil War Fashions from 1861 to 1865
Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2012]
Format: Book
Description: 64 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 26 cm.
What would you have worn if you lived during the Civil War era? It depends on who you were! For example, upper-class women wore tight corsets, bustles, and wide hoop skirts to fancy balls. The layers weighed almost 30 pounds (14 kilograms)! For everyday, whether at home or nursing soldiers, women put on multiple layers of simple fabrics. Some daredevils sported women's trousers--called Bloomers--to make a statement on women's rights. Read more about wartime fashions of the 1860s--from ankle boots to parasols and tiaras--in this fascinating book!
Series: Dressing a nation : the history of U.S. fashion.
Contents:
Women's clothes -- Men's clothes -- Slaves' clothes -- Soldiers' clothes -- Designers and inventions.
Subjects:
Clothing and dress -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Teen literature.
Clothing and dress -- United States -- History -- Teen literature.
Fashion -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Teen literature.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Teen literature.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Teen literature.
Clothing and dress -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Teen literature.
Clothing and dress -- United States -- History -- Teen literature.
Fashion -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Teen literature.
United States -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Teen literature.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Teen literature.
ISBN:
9780761358893 (lib. bdg. : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T SOCIAL SCI Hav | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-61) and index.