Joined: Sat Aug 04, 2007 2:10 am
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Location: Lorain County, Ohio
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Neat stuff is where you find it!
Here's a link to a group of Victorian re-enactors: these are the ladies of Belle Alley, home of the Carolina Belles: they are active in Cowboy Action Shooting but also really big into costuming.
This thread discusses Victorian mourning practice and an exhibit pertaining thereto; it has some Belles in mourning, half-mourning and quarter-mourning attire.
You can also use the Belle Alley search function to find other mourning dresses, accessories such as tear bottles -- used to capture and keep mourners' tears, worn by a widow as a brooch for years afterward -- and other interesting information of the kind!
Here's the link:
http://www.carolinabelles.net/vb/showthread.php?t=15400
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