Gold Rush Bell(e)s: Women's Fashion in the 1850s

Background to Women's Fashion in the 1850sDuring the Gold Rush in Victoria most new immigrants arrived from Great Britain: England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.  They brought their ideas about dressing and fashion with them, and consequently many clothes in Victoria during 1850s follow the same lines as their British cousins.British women's ideas about fashion largely…

Gold Rush Bell(e)s: Women's Fashion in the 1850s

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