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Designer's Note:
Though you may not be able to see it on the midnight-black velvet waistcoat, the pocket watch slips in to a double welt pocket that passes through a dart.
November 2009
silk taffeta, silk/rayon velvet, linen
application: Dickens Christmas Fair
1860s Victorian Outfit
This outfit is composed of a fully-lined three-tiered silk skirt, a tailored silk velvet waistcoat, linen shirt, red silk zouave jacket, and custom-shaped and decorated bonnet. The zouave jacket is edged in bias material matching the skirt and finely piped. In back it has a arrow-shaped tail and peplums.