1880s fashion

A bra, short for brassiere or brassière (, ), is a type of form-fitting underwear that is primarily used to support and cover a woman's breasts. A typical bra consists of a chest band that wraps around the torso, supporting two breast cups that are held in place by shoulder straps. A bra usually fastens in the back, using a hook and eye fastener, although bras are available in a large range of styles and sizes, including front-fastening and backless designs. Some bras are designed for specific functions, such as nursing bras to facilitate breastfeeding or sports bras to minimize discomfort dur

semi-formal Western dress code for evening events, originating in British and North American conventions for attire in the 19th century

thumb|Bavarian Officer Pickelhaube thumb|right|Prussian police leather Pickelhaube

novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett

lightweight cloth-covered helmet

A dolman is either a military shirt, or a jacket decorated with braiding, first worn by Hungarian hussars. The word is of Turkish origin, and after being adopted into Hungarian, has propagated to other languages. The garment was worn by peasants from the 16th century onward and eventually spread throughout the country, mainly within wealthy peasant circles. It reached people living in the poorest conditions only at the end of the 19th century.

thumb|250px|Bustle, lady's undergarment, England, c. 1885. Los Angeles County Museum of Art M.2007.211.399 A bustle is a padded undergarment or wire frame used to add fullness, or support the drapery, at the back of women's dresses in the mid-to-late 19th century. Bustles are worn under the skirt in the back, just below the waist, to keep the skirt from dragging. Heavy fabric tended to pull the back of a skirt down and flatten it. As a result a woman's petticoated skirt would lose its shape during everyday wear (from merely sitting down or moving about).

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soft felt hat with the crown dented lengthwise and a slightly rolled brim

neckband with wide pointed wings

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style of hat

Type of skirt with a narrow hem

broad-brimmed felt or straw hat, with a high crown, pinched symmetrically at the four corners

sleeveless caped overgarment

thumb|1880s woman's paletot in black bengaline Bengaline is a rayon-and-cotton material which became fashionable for women and children to wear in the 1880s and 1890s. It offered the impression of genuine silk but was made with lesser amounts of silk than cotton. Lizzie Borden stated at her August 1892 inquest that she was wearing a dress made of bengaline silk on the morning she was accused of murdering her father and stepmother.

skirt made of long stems of grass bound to a waistband

corset that produces a silhouette resembling an hourglass shape characterized by wide hips, narrow waist, and wide bust