Red dress in the 1850s?

[frualeydis]

To all you victorian experts: How common was it to have a ruby red ball gown in the 1850s-60s. All portraits and preserved clothing show a lot of blue, but no deep red. Wasn't it popular, was it indecent and too "sexual" to wear ruby red or is it just me who have missed it?

Eva

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Re: here's one ruby red dress!

[frualeydis.livejournal.com]

The last one is gorgeous. So maybe I will make a dres from ruby red silk taffeta. It all depends on what is still available when I start on that project in august or so. First I'm making a daydress from the 1850s. or rahter; first I'm going to make a corset. Sometime after easter I think.

Eva