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Walter Plunkett | Costume sketch for Gone with the Wind | c. 1939

Scarlet’s shantytown dress

Evening dress, 1865

Scarlett O’Hara’s iconic curtain dress.

I’m not sure how many Southern belles resorted to such extreme solutions after the Civil War, but I do know those were pretty rad curtains!

Fashion plate dated 4th of July 1869. The influences from the Western European “fashion scene” have a great impact on American taste, as proved by an increasingly large number of bows, frills, lace and decorations.

This boy’s (!!!) ensemble from 1869 mirrors the over drapery and fringe that started to be fashionable in women’s dresses in the period.

I know I know, faceless mannequins are creepy but focus on the hat!

Fashion plate from 1868.

The dress on the lady in the foreground!

Skating dress, 1868

Suit, 1866-1867

Detail of a Massachusetts wedding dress, 1867.

Once more, stripes on the lady in the center.

Fashion plate from Peterson’s magazine, 1867.

Stripes, again! You can also see the soft transition to the bustle dress of the 1870s.

Photograph of Scarlett O’Hara played by Vivien Leigh on the set of Gone with the Wind. She wears this on her honeymoon with Rhett Butler, a rich “scalawag”, whose fabulous fortune enables her to sport the newest garments and become an exception among all the other Southern women.

Day dress, 1867

The stripes were gaining popularity in the hearts of 19th century fashionistas.

Godey’s fashions for January 1866.

I love love love the first dress on the right! If it were an extant example it would totally get a thousand notes.

Afternoon dress, 1865.