Civil War Era Fashion Plate - June 1862 Peterson's Magazine

Civil War Era Fashion Plate - June 1862 Peterson's Magazine

Fashions for June

Fig 1 - Out-door dress of buff pique, or Marseilles, for the country. It is trimmed with five rows of black velvet ribbons, and with black velvet buttons. The straw hat is trimmed with latticed work of black velvet around the brim, and with buff and black feathers.

Fig 2 - House Dress of pearl-colored grenadine. The skirt is trimmed with flounces. Above the lower four is a quilling of mauve ribbon; then there are three more flounces with another quilling of ribbon above them. The body is low in the neck, with short sleeves, and over it is worn a white body, embroidered and trimmed with quillings of mauve ribbon. The sash is also trimmed to correspond with the body.