Many and myriad are the scholars who toil over this website daily, but not one of these over-paid and under-worked nerds were able to recall a single instance during the American Civil War in which ladies’ fashions served to benefit any of the combatants – until this article was found.


A VOGUE MAGAZINE article about Washington etiquette can be read here…

Read The Life-Saving Capabilities of Victorian Fashion<br>(Coronet Magazine, 1960) for Free

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