Fashion from the olden era always has a certain kind of charm in itself. Although the fashion scene is always changing every single day, there are certain elements of fashion from the ancient days that have a unique appeal. These elements have been revamped and re-used as trends of the modern age. Costumes in the 1800’s were such that could inspire many creative minds. Some of the gowns and outfits crafted during the 1800 sure do make one long for the good old days.

Long hair was a part of fashion in the 1800’s for women. Curls were very much in fashion. Hats formed an integral part of clothing during this period. Women had to wear bonnets or hats whenever they went outside the house.

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.

1870s fashion in European and European-influenced clothing is characterized by a gradual return to a narrow silhouette after the full-skirted fashions of the 1850s and 1860s.
By 1870, fullness in the skirt had moved to the rear, where elaborately draped overskirts were held in place by tapes and supported by a bustle. This fashion required an underskirt, which was heavily trimmed with pleats, flounces, and frills. This fashion was short-lived (though the bustle would return in the mid-1880s), and was succeeded by a tight-fitting silhouette with fullness as low as the knees: the cuirass bodice, a form fitting, boned bodice that reached below the hips and the princess sheath dress. Sleeves were very tight fitting. Square necklines were common.

Fashion in the 1880s in European and European-influenced countries is characterized by the return of the bustle. The long, lean line of the 1870s was replaced by a full, curvy silhouette with gradually widening shoulders. Fashionable waists were low and tiny below a full, low bust supported by a corset.
As in the previous decade, emphasis remained on the back of the skirt, with fullness gradually rising from behind the knees to just below the waist. A fuller, lower bosom, achieved by rigid corseting, balanced the fullness over the buttocks, creating an S-shaped silhouette. Skirts were looped, draped, or tied up in various ways, and worn over matching or contrasting underskirts.

Fashion in the 1890s in European and European-influenced countries is characterized by long elegant lines, tall collars, and the rise of sportswear. Fashionable women's clothing styles shed some of the extravagances of previous decades, so that skirts were neither crinoline as in the 1850s, nor bustled in back as in the late 1860s and mid-1880s, nor tight as in the late 1870s, but corseting continued unmitigated, or even slightly increased in severity. Early 1890s dresses consisted of a tight bodice with the skirt gathered at the waist and falling more naturally over the hips and undergarments than in previous years.