african american woman, circa1910

I absolutely love the flowers on her waist band.

3 comments:

Pam of Eastlake Victorian said...

She's gorgeous! Fashion was so much more feminine and pretty back then. :-)

♥ my diary♥ said...

nice post... thanks for sharing...happy holidays..blessings soraya

Collar City Brownstone said...

I just found your blog from Googling Lady Sarah Forbes Bonetta Davies. I am very pleasantly surprised to find an African American blogger who loves the Victorian era. While life was not exactly heavenly for people of color in America during those times, I do love the clothing of that era and the impeccable manner that people had. I love most the clothing from the regency period. When I was growing up during the sixties and seventies females stilled dresses very feminine. A lot of that has been lost since then.

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