Mary''s other clothes ?

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(03-31-2018 06:14 PM)Donna McCreary Wrote:  When relaxing, Mary, like other women in the Victorian era, wore a wrapper. Day dresses were worn to church, shopping, visiting hospitals, and several other occasions.

All of Mary's clothing was not black, nor is she wearing mourning attire in all of her photographs. Actually, she is wearing mourning attire in only three or four of them. Other colors she wore included magenta, green and white plaid, white, steel, pink, blue and many others.

I do not wish to appear to be promoting my books, but there is not a better study of Mary Lincoln's clothing than FASHIONABLE FIRST LADY: The Victorian Wardrobe of Mary Lincoln. It was used by the costume director of Steven Spielberg's movie LINCOLN, and has been used by many others trying to recreate Mary's clothing.

Donna - Am I correct that she spent most of her time in mourning garb after 1862? I thought that was what Anita was referring to. Of course, she would have worn colorful dresses during the early part of her life and until tragedy struck with her children and husband.