I am looking for 25 sites that have pictures of women wearing
reproduction clothing from the civil war or victorian eras.  The
purpose of these is to get ideas for designing a dress.

To qualify the site must feature:
- modern women (not historical photos)
- color photographs
- women wearing period dresses with hoops.

I have listed a fee of $30 for the first 25 sites.  If you can find 40
sites, I'll tip another $25.

Thank you for taking on my question!

Hello loribenton-ga,

I?ve collected 50 websites that will help you design your dress. They
come from the 1800s Civil War and Victorian periods. They?re all in
color and most of them show modern women wearing the dress or costume.
In a few cases I included dresses displayed in museum settings because
these sites showed the details of the dresses even better than some of
the dresses worn by models. I?ve included a selection of sites showing
hoop dresses and the hoops and corsets that were worn under them. It
was great fun to collect these sites with historic dresses and
costumes for you.

Enjoy!

~ czh ~



1)
http://www.costumeloft.com/gallery/gallery_categories/category_victorian.htm
Victorian Period Costumes

2)
http://www.knowlesville.com/matt/vintage_fashion/index.html
Vintage Clothing Collection 
http://www.knowlesville.com/matt/vintage_fashion/dresses.html
Victorian, Edwardian and other Vintage Dresses
http://www.knowlesville.com/matt/vintage_fashion/1900-corset.html
1900 Victorian Silk Corset

3)
http://www.raspberryberet.com/victorian.html
Victorian Inspired Designer Dresses

4)
http://www.somewhereintimelakegeorge.com/titanic-dresses.html
Victorian Cut Dresses -  Titanic Dresses

5)
http://www.verymerryseamstress.com/readytowear.htm
Civil War era work dresses
http://www.verymerryseamstress.com/underskirt.htm
Underskirt Devices

6)
http://www.costumeladies.com/Couple%20and%20Group%20Costumes.htm
Matching His and Hers Costumes and Group Themes
http://www.costumeladies.com/Costumes%20From%20Long%20Ago%20And%20Far%20Away.htm
Costumes from Long Ago and Far Away...

7)
http://www.richemporium.com/historical.html
Historical costumes
http://www.richemporium.com/daydress1864.html
Daydress 1864
http://www.richemporium.com/underwearvict.html
Misses Victorian Underpinnings  (1830-1865)
http://www.richemporium.com/coatdress1860.html
Coatdress, circa 1860 (Miss)
http://www.richemporium.com/miss1861gown.html
Civil War Era Gown 1861

8)
http://www.magicmakers.com/internet%20jpg%20C/civilwarcostumes.html
Civil War Costumes
http://www.magicmakers.com/internet%20jpg%20S/southernbellframeset.html
Southern Belle Choices (28)

9)
http://www.1860garmentsbyglenda.com/
Civil War Clothing Including Victorian, 19th Century, or Custom Made
Garments for any Era or Occasion
http://www.1860garmentsbyglenda.com/ballgowns.html
Ladies Ball Gowns
http://www.1860garmentsbyglenda.com/undergarments.html
1830's~1870's Undergarments

10)
http://www.gibsoncostume.com/costumes/index.html
Civil War / Southern Belle Costumes
Miss Magnolia, Scarlet, Southern Belle

11)
http://www.ushist.com/wardrobe.htm
Victorian: American Civil War
http://www.ushist.com/wardrobe/lfhp_ladies_dresses_bodice-skirt_day-evening.htm
Ladies 1800s Day or Evening Outfits, Bodice & Skirt

12)
http://windandroses.com/ImagePix/adfclmvic.htm
Victorian Costumes

13)
http://www.rsrdecorarts.com/costumes.html
Interior Delights
Victorian Camisole, Petticoat & Corset
Victorian Skirt, Blouse & Jacket
Victorian Skirt & Blouse
Victorian Era Couple  

14)
http://www.landescostumes.com/photos/period/bluevictorian.html
Blue Victorian
http://www.landescostumes.com/photos/period/floralvictorian.html
Floral Victorian
http://www.landescostumes.com/photos/period/purplevictorian.html
Purple Victorian

15)
http://www.harlequincostumes.co.uk/costumes/index.html
Historical Costumes
http://www.harlequincostumes.co.uk/costumes/costumepages/Historical/VictorianLadies.html
Victorian Ladies (Page 1)
http://www.harlequincostumes.co.uk/costumes/costumepages/Historical/VictorianLadies2.html
Victorian Ladies (Page 2)
http://www.harlequincostumes.co.uk/costumes/costumepages/Historical/VictorianLadies3.html
Victorian Ladies (Page 3)

16)
http://www.aliciascostumes2.com/index.html
http://www.aliciascostumes2.com/costumes/victorian/index.html
Victorian
http://www.aliciascostumes2.com/costumes/victorian/southern_belle/index.html
Southern Belle

17)
http://www.hbci.com/~janscc/html/costumes/cost_picts.html
Costume Pictures
http://www.hbci.com/~janscc/html/costumes/victxmas_cost.html
Victorian Family
http://www.hbci.com/~janscc/html/costumes/vicladyred.html
Victorian Lady in Red Dress
http://www.hbci.com/~janscc/html/costumes/victwoman.html
Victorian Lady in White Dress

18)
http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/online/gwtw/wardrobe/
Gone With the Wind Costumes
The Curtain Dress
The Ball Gown
The Wedding Dress
The Blue Peignor
The Green Wrapper
The Porch Scene
The Atlanta Bazaar
Rhett Butler
Other Costumes

19)
http://www.schenz.com/ts_patterns2.html
Period Patterns

20)
http://www.deserttorch.com/2002%20historical%20female.htm
Desert Torch Tailoring

21)
http://akvalley.com/burtner/175/photo175.htm
Burtner House Archive
http://akvalley.com/burtner/175/gonewind.jpg
Hoop Skirts

22)
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/216-436-430-336.html
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/search.html
Costumes and Textiles
http://www.philamuseum.org/exhibitions/collection/2000/156.html
Steeled for Style: Hoop Skirts of the Civil War Era
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/72248.html
Evening Dress
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/146118.html
Two-Piece Day Dress
http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/90388.html
Evening Dress: Two Bodices and Skirt

23)
http://www.blanchesplace.com/id2.html
Recollections Victorian Clothing
http://www.blanchesplace.com/id30.html
Calico Skirts
http://www.blanchesplace.com/id27.html
Twill Suits
http://www.blanchesplace.com/id15.html
Ball Gowns
http://www.blanchesplace.com/id126.html
Fancy Tops
http://www.blanchesplace.com/id40.html
Undergarments

24)
http://www.seamswright.com/LadiesUndergarments.html
Ladies? Undergarments

25)
http://www.pba.org/history/hoopskirt.html
The Hoop Skirt

26)
http://www.rsvpbridal.com/Catalog/hoop_skirts_322608_products.htm
Hoop Skirts

27)
http://www.victoriantreasuresbymary.com/gallery.cfm
Victorian Treasures

28)
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/patterns/patterns.html
Patterns of History
1857 Promenade Dress
1874 Bustled Dinner Gown
1873 Bustle
1888 Reception Toilette
1894/96 Walking Suit
1899 Wedding Gown
1878 Men's Sack Suit

Discounted & Discontinued Patterns
1835 Afternoon Costume
1840 Day Dress
1865 Paletot Jacket Ensemble
1881 Avant-Garde Gown
1893 Visiting Costume

29)
http://www.reenactmentcostumes.com/index.htm
Costumes -- Victorian / Reenactment / Civil War

30)
http://humwww.ucsc.edu/dickens/OMF/photoarchive/crinoline.html
PUTTING ON A CRINOLINE SKIRT
Howarth-Loomes Collection circa 1860 

31)
http://www.farthingales.on.ca/cage_crinoline.html
Cage Crinoline

32)
http://www.columbia.edu/itc/barnard/theater/kirkland/3136/Crinoline%20Gallery/
Crinoline Gallery

33)
http://www.carolinaconnoisseur.com/Mint_crinoline.htm
Fashions of the Crinoline Era: 1840-1865

34)
http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/19THV&A2.HTM
19th Century Costumes from the Victoria and Albert Museum as seen in
"Old English Costumes" c.1908 -- Part 2 1830-1880

35)
http://www.stamfordhistory.org/layer_ph1.htm 
Layer by Layer  How Women Dressed in the 1860s

36)
http://www.durhamtownship.com/blog-archives/002577.html
Civil War Dress

37)
http://www.faucet.net/costume/period/vic1.html
Victorian Costume

38)
http://www.victiques.com/Clothing.htm
Historical Clothing.
http://www.victiques.com/clothing/dr4350-plaidbustle-2.JPG
Victorian Plaid bustle dress.
http://www.victiques.com/clothing/dr4320pink.htm
Pink Victorian two piece silk dress with silver metallic thread applique.
http://www.victiques.com/clothing/dr4307swiss.htm
Victorian Dotted Swiss, white, two piece dress.

39)
http://www.vintagetextile.com/gallery_victorian.htm
Gallery of Victorian Vintage Clothing at Vintage Textile

40)
http://www.gerrys-wardrobe.co.uk/female_garments.htm#Vic40
Female Garments
http://www.gerrys-wardrobe.co.uk/costumes/Picture14.htm
Victorian Dress

41)
http://www.sillyjokes.co.uk/dress-up/fancy/ladies/fleur.html
Victorian Dress

42)
http://thecostumeshop.50megs.com/18001930/1800.html
RENTAL COSTUMES 1800's to 1930's

43)
http://www.geocities.com/kalamitykaren/new_dresses.html
Dresses

44)
http://www.vintageclothing.com/Customers/customers.html
Linda White Antique Clothing
Customers in Victorian dress

45)
http://www.kbnet.co.uk/brianp/images/slideshowvic.html
Authentic Victorian Dress Evening

46)
http://www.thehcc.co.uk/catalogue_13.htm#2
American Civil War, Mid Victorian Female (Scarlet O'Hara)
http://www.thehcc.co.uk/images/cpics/c121l.jpg
American Civil War Day Dress
http://www.thehcc.co.uk/images/newpics/vicbrown.JPG
Brown Victorian dress.
http://www.thehcc.co.uk/images/newpics/VICBLACK.JPG
Black Victorian Dress

47)
http://www.pfantasticpfinds.com/dresses%20page%202.htm
Dresses/Women's Clothing
http://www.pfantasticpfinds.com/Civil%20War%20Images/civil%20war%20green%20day%20dress%20with%20collar.JPG
Civil War Green Day Dress w/Collar

48)
http://worcestershire.whub.org.uk/home/wccindex/wcc-museum-index/wcc-museum-collection-enquiries.htm
Victorian lady and child with an agricultural smock

49)
http://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/pressrelease15.html
New Women?s Exhibit at National Civil War Museum
http://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/images/Homespun-Dress.jpg 
http://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/images/WE-102A.jpg

50)
http://www.culver.org/Civil%20War/Costumes/Costumes%20Home%20Page.htm
Living History ? Costumes
http://www.culver.org/Civil%20War/Costumes/Costume.jpg
http://www.culver.org/Civil%20War/Costumes/bell.jpg
http://www.culver.org/Civil%20War/Costumes/bel.jpg
http://www.culver.org/Civil%20War/Costumes/ballgown.jpg


SEARCH STRATEGY
Image Search for:
dresses Victorian
"civil war" costumes
"civil war" dresses
victorian costumes
hoop skirt
crinoline
victorian OR "civil war" dress OR costume

Thank you!  You went well beyond what I had expected!  I am going to
have a great time looking through all of these - thank you.

Hello  loribenton-ga,

This was an interesting and fun search. I'm glad you thought the
information I found will be helpful. Thank you for the five stars and
VERY generous tip.

~ czh ~