1887 Magpie Costume
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1887 Magpie Costume

2013-02-19 In Inspiration

1887 Magpie Costume

I found this amazing magpie costume in a book from 1887 called “Fancy Dresses Described: or, What to wear at fancy balls” by Ardern Holt.

The magpie costume:
“MAGPIE. Half black, half white dress; hair powdered on one side and not on the other; one glove and one shoe black, one white; short satin skirt, with gauze tunic bordered with fringe; basque bodice; gauze fichu; satin ribbon tied in a bow at the throat; gauze cap. All half black and half white, so that the wearer seems on one side all black, on the other all white. A magpie on the right shoulder. (For an original rendering, see Coloured Plate X.) The front of skirt is striped black and white satin plaited; the bodice cut in one with long side revers of black, lined and turned back with white ruching to the hem of skirt, opening down back to show full plaited skirt. The black bodice bordered with white; low striped vest; magpie on the shoulder and in hair which may be powdered or not, or half powdered.”

Find this book as pdf in the Virtual Library of The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.

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