The Bustle Period

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The Bustle Period

• Costuming for the 1870s

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Female Silhouette

• Corsets
• Bustles
• Floor Length Skirt
• Full or Quarter Length Sleeves
• Draping and Decoration

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Male Silhouette

• Coat
• Vest
• Dress Pants

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Colors

• Brownish Pinks
• Bronze
• Dusty Light Blue
• Burgundy

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Textiles

• Silk
• Satin
• Cotton

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Movies

• Phantom of the Opera (2004)
• Washington Square (1997)
• Age of Innocence (1993)
• The Valley of Decision (1945)

http//www.fashion-era.com/Costume_films/costume_m
ovies3_phantom_of_opera_2004.htm
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Parallels

• Bustles were popular in the early 1870s, and
  then were again popular in the mid 1880s.
• The Tight on top, flowing on bottom look has
  recently become popular, along with bubble
  dresses which are similar to draping on bustles
  in the 1870s.

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Events

• Edison invents phonograph
• Christmas becomes an official holiday
• Levi company is started

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Costuming for Nora Helmer
http//www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/wrth/ho_C.I.46.25
.1a-d.htm
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Costuming for Torvald Helmer
http//www.gentlemansemporium.com/store/vict_mens_
18.php
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Costuming for Christine Linde
http//www.gentlemansemporium.com/store/001259.php

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Costuming for Nils Krogstad
http//www.gentlemansemporium.com/store/vict_mens_
07.php
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Works Cited

• Lister, Margot. _Costume an illustrated survey
  from ancient times to the 20th century_. Boston
  Plays, Inc., 1968.
• "Fashion and Costume History in Films."
  Fashion-Era. 2008. 28 December 2008.
  lthttp//www.fashionera.com/Costume_
  films/costume_movies3_phantom_of_opera_2004.htmgt.

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Works Cited (Contd)

• Gentleman's Emporium. 2008. 28 December 2008.
  lthttp//www.gentlemansemporium.com/index.php?from
  topnavgt.
• "Works of Art." Heilbrunn Timeline of Art
  History. 2008. 28 December 2008.
  lthttp//www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/wrth/ho_C.I.46.2
  5.1a-d.htmgt.