Civil War Fashion: Pattern, Color, Trim

A segment of the video tour of the KSU Museum exhibit "On the Home Front." This segment discusses the popular fabrics and trims used in fashion of the 1860s.

[@rosewatersaffron8430]

How are these gowns still in this perfect condition! What gems

[@hoopskirtlover]

This is beautifully done and so informative! I've watched all of your videos on civil war fashion and they are fantastic!

[@heatherhillman1]

I absolutely LOVE the dresses from this era! I must have been an antebellum clotheshorse in a previous life! LOL. Seriously though, if these dresses ever came back, I would be in fashion heaven!!!

[@stephenoshea4207]

You can easily buy these types of dresses off of eBay. Type in crinoline dress or civil war ball gown

[@lisaherrling6880]

The women who wore these beautiful dresses no doubt never imagined they would be in a museum!

[@lalareta10]

I agree! I wish we still dressed like this....

[@stephenoshea4207]

You could get away with wearing these gowns at a formal ball or for Halloween

[@CroixdeLorraine]

Stephen O'Shea I, too wish that we dressed in these fashions!! So much more ladylike and feminine!!

[@caitlynmayrandcaitlynmayra5596]

Zoe Phillips Me to I like old things

[@ankra12]

Not me. I like comfort.

[@serahloeffelroberts9901]

Can you imagine driving a car in these outfits.

[@yvettejones5323]

That blue dress with the Fall leaves is gorgeous.

[@wendyjones6077]

Well done! I enjoyed this very much. My personal taste prefers dresses from the 1700's to this from the mid 1800's forward. I really enjoy looking at these. Thanks for uploading

[@LC72457]

Each dress is a work of art.

[@stephenoshea4207]

The evening dress at 1:13 is just stunning. I would love to wear it.

[@cwb0051]

I Loved That One Also...

[@heatherhillman1]

Personally, I don't care for this pattern on modern dresses, but I would totally wear this dress!!!

[@rustynailmendlesohn8710]

I wonder what those dresses cost back in the day. Lots of work.

[@maybrittrnningen580]

Beautiful dresses ,i think.

[@agirly1503]

Lovely

[@нинамихайлова-з1н]

Очень понравилось спасибо за видео показ платья волшебные

[@EuphemiaGrubb]

Beautiful dresses! But what is that fringe @ 1.54 on the blue dress made of. It sounds like it's made of 'twists of corn'? I know it can't be that but can't think what it is - looks like glass tube?

[@littlelady5971]

EuphemiaGrubb It's "twists of cord" and beads. The beads are quite possibly glass, actually, since that and wood were the most common materials for beads back then. I remember hearing of metal being used too, but that wouldn't have been that common since it was pretty expensive to do that.

[@athenathegreatandpowerful6365]

Long bugle beads. About tge thickness of pony beads but longer.

[@sharonjacobs5351]

I'd love to know if these are originals or reproductions ! ? . . 🥰

[@KSUMuseum]

All of the pieces are original.

[@tippullthemnow9839]

Did they send these dress to the cleaners when they got dirty.? too complicated to hand wash

[@caspence56]

Actually, they would just carefully "spot clean" dresses like these; also, after being worn, the garment would be brushed and hung outside for an "airing".

[@carlaharris9645]

Imagine the poor women going through menopause wearing these heavy dresses! I'm dying just thinking about it!

[@androfanatic9548]

A corset held most of the weight and distributed it evenly and these dress also used a hoop skirt to help hold it out and make it lighter and it was cooler because of the space around the legs

[@MegaMiriam1999]

Are these real old dresses??Old fabrics? ?old colours? ??

[@miriambelanger7292]

Aren’t we a little nervous 😩?

[@marydeantriplett3081]

who make a dress by black women did sew few dress for president ' wide that 's true first black woman did make all dress . you can check google to find out !

[@sherylbenkosky5358]

I'm so very very glad I did not live in the days women had to wear these huge and unwieldy garments. Really awful.

[@stephenoshea4207]

What are you talking about? These dresses are gorgeous. I am a boy and even I would love to wear them