Womans Victorian Clothing

young wealthy Victorian woman.

 

Woman’s outfits throughout the 1800s changed rapidly meaning the wealthy could usually only afford the up to date trends. If you did not have enough money woman and men would then get there clothes from second hand shops from people who of a higher class had discarded. The upper class lady would usually wear very extravagant dresses and took huge pride in there appearance and be dressed up to the full no matter what the occasion was. Miss Havisham and Estella were two woman who were of a higher class you could tell they came from wealth. This showed within the accessories they had and especially in the way that Estella dressed, she wore nice dresses with nice jewels to match it making her look lovely at every occasion. Miss Havisham of course we only see her in her wedding dress but from the look of the wedding dress it is a nice one which would of cost a fair amount of money at the time. I have included a few pictures showing diffrent looks from the victorian era of the diffrent dresses worn by ladies so i could get a feel when researching of the diffrent colours and materials and shapes of dresses worn in this decade.



Victorian clothing through the 1800's

Above are some Images i scanned from a book, These images show from the early Victorian period to the mid, and the late Victorian period different designs and accessories that both men and woman use to wear at these different points in the 1800's. This was an interesting thing to come across leading to the designs of my Victorian characters from Charles Dickens tale, as i was able to see what props or accessories i would be able to use when it came to the final look and shoot of both my characters.