All ladies liked jewelry. They preferred a rosy gold color, and the earrings and brooches they wore were on the small side. They liked dangly earrings and either oval or vertical brooches at the top of the collar. It wasn't polite to show much skin before the afternoon. They enjoyed wearing matching, chunky bracelets on each arm.
Fans were also a necessity. It's hot in the South, and a fan stirred the air and cooled you off. You could have a palmetto frond fan, but it was fun to have one that was somewhere between six and ten inches long and was painted with elaborate scenes.
And speaking of the heat, fragrant flowers were made into nosegays that could be extremely helpful in an era without deodorant.
A lady always has her purse, right? Small drawstring bags were popular.
Lace was rarely used except for collars and cuffs which were usually white, and please don't forget the parasol. White skin was popular, and the parasols kept the hot Southern sun off delicate skin.
If you don't want to wait until next week for more, my source for this post was: https://bellatory.com/fashion-industry/WomensClothingoftheSouthintheAmericanCivilWar
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This is a Jenny Lind fan introduced into America by PT Barnum during the mid 1860's.
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