Thank you for all the work put into yet another great thread in this forum. I was exploring color in fashion during the Civil War, did a search here to make sure I didn't start a duplicate thread, and found this (which is even better than what I had in mind)!
Some of us in the fiber community have started paying more attention to our color choices when we make our garments and accessories. We have started following Pantone's annual palette in their
Fashion Color Report just for fun, and it has been a blast in terms of creativity and personal expression (we've learned a lot about ourselves and how we relate to colors).
I wondered how women 150+ years ago used color in their clothing, and if they had a publication or two that set the tone for trends. I'll be back in this thread when I'm more awake to enjoy the photos again. I love the idea of these women ~ like us today ~ pouring through fabrics and selecting favorites, perhaps thinking first of how the color looked against their skin but also vaguely aware of how certain colors made them feel.
Speaking of, here's
Spring 2016's palette! Maybe we'll see some 1861 influences?
(Oh, wouldn't Pantone doing one season's color report based on the CW era be fan-freakin'-tastic?!)