Civil War Fashions - Engravings from 1864 Ladies Friend Magazine - Waists

<B> I think these <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waist_(clothing)">waists</a> would have been worn with the spectacular jackets or at home alone. But I'd love to learn more.<br> In any case these are probably fancier and more detailed than anything you or I own today. True haute couture!</B><p> <a href="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/MoreBlogging/LadiesFriend1864-5-46.jpg"><img src="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/MoreBlogging/LadiesFriend1864-5-46.jpg" width="400"></a><br><a href="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/MoreBlogging/LadiesFriend1864-5-45.jpg"><img src="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/MoreBlogging/LadiesFriend1864-5-45.jpg" width="400"></a><br><a href="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/MoreBlogging/LadiesFriend1864-5-31.jpg"><img src="http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t21/what-i-found/MoreBlogging/LadiesFriend1864-5-31.jpg" width="400"></a><br>

Civil War Fashions - Engravings from 1864 Ladies Friend Magazine - Waists

I think these waists would have been worn with the spectacular jackets or at home alone. But I'd love to learn more. In any case thes...

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