(12-11-2013, 10:45 PM)Dave Taylor Wrote: Also, for the 19th century fashionistas on the forum, could you give me a basic education on what a gentleman like Booth would be likely to have been wearing underneath his "top layer" of clothes? What were the undergarments of the day that I will need to have for authenticity and warmth?
I've thought of your plans to sleep in the thicket over these last few very cold nights. I hope the gals tell you he was probably wearing a union suit underneath. (A reenactor's site I found said no - they came along in the 1870's) I have one I only wear in extremely cold weather and it's a great help keeping warm. Also, this first site looks like it has some nice reproductions, but I'm sure the docents (and former ones) at Surratt Hosue has some closer hooks for period clothes.
http://www.historyinthemaking.org/index.html
http://chicostume.org/handouts/VictorianUnderwear.pdf
http://passionforthepast.blogspot.com/20...ng-me.html
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