Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Spring Fashion Notes - 1883

 



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🧵✨ Spring Fashion Trends of 1883 ✨🧵

Love fashion? Step back into the Gilded Age and see what was in style for fashionable women of 1883!

Popular Looks

  • Plaids & Scotch gingham were all the rage
  • Combination costumes offered stylish variety
  • Soft woolen dresses were kept simple and plain for home wear

Accessories & Accents

  • Long gloves, laced boots, and black silk stockings were wardrobe staples
  • Lace came in all shades, with black jetted lace a favorite for dressy outfits
  • Feathers, flowers, and pompons adorned the latest bonnets

Fabrics & Colors

  • Pastels made way for corn blue, checked summer silks, and even black velvet
  • Capes just to the waist were the perfect spring wrap — in round, square, or pointed styles

Hair Today, Fashion Tomorrow

  • The "small German knot" hairstyle with crimped or waved hair was the go-to updo

Fun Fact: The most fashionable shoes? Low heels!

Resource: Arizona Republic, April 1883, Fashion Notes

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