Fashions of the 1860s include square paisley shawls folded on the diagonal and full skirts held out by crinolines.
1860s fashion in European and European-influenced clothing is characterized by extremely full-skirted women's fashions relying on crinolines and hoops and the emergence of “alternative fashions” under the influence of the Artistic Dress movement. In men's fashion, the three-piece ditto suit of sack coat, waistcoat, and trousers in the same fabric emerged as a novelty.
By the early 1860s, skirts had reached their ultimate width. After about 1862, the silhouette of the crinoline changed and rather than being bell-shaped, it was now flatter at the front and projected out more behind.