Outerwear Colors: Black, deep blue, dark green, white, cream/tan, purple The colorings of the 1840s are generally less rich and exuberant, except in the printed woolen fabrics and the shawls, but the contrast of black lace and light satins for evening gowns was still fashionable in the 1840s
Get measured by a tailor if you can, or measure your bust, waist, hips, and shoulder-to-floor length yourself, then check each sites size chart individually
Men were no longer confined to rigid slicked back hair that required a bucket load of grease and a morning of work with a comb
Gauge 18 sts over 14 rows = 4/10 cm square made in hdc, before blocking