Post Civil War CDV 1860\'s-Young Girl in Victorian Dress-A Beauty For Sale

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• The Crinoline Hoop: Look at the way the skirt falls and rolls in wide, heavy folds. It is being held out by a massive cage crinoline (hoop skirt). The dome shape of this skirt is broad but is starting to shift slightly toward the back, which is exactly how skirts transitioned between 1862 and 1866.

• The Bodice and Sleeves: The bodice is tightly fitted with a high, closed neck, capped off by a small white collar fastened with a brooch. Her sleeves have a subtle fullness at the elbow before tapering down to tight cuffs trimmed with dark braid—a classic mid-1860s \"coat sleeve\" style.

This is the star of the outfit. She is wearing a matching short capelet (or pelerine) over her shoulders, trimmed with a dark contrasting band or ribbon. This style was heavily influenced by the military jackets of Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi\'s troops and became a massive fashion craze for women\'s civilian wear in the first half of the 1860s. It added a subtle, structured, military-adjacent flair to everyday dresses.

• The Hairstyle: Her hair is parted sharply down the middle, smoothed flat over the top of her head, and gathered low at the back of her neck over a hair rat or in a chenille net (snood). It exposes her ears just slightly at the bottom. This flat, wide hairstyle was designed to balance out the massive width of the hoop skirt below.

• The Handkerchief: She is holding a small, crumpled white handkerchief in her lap. This was a highly common studio prop or personal accessory meant to give the hands something natural to do during the long, still exposures.

Because of the heavy, dome-shaped hoop skirt, the Garibaldi-influenced capelet, and the specific low-slung hairstyle, this photograph can be dated securely to circa 1863–1865. It is a fantastic, well-preserved window into the wartime era.

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