black maid dress and White French Costume with Ruffles and Gloves Tight Black Dress Color:Black & White wool pants The monochrome color palette

black maid dress and White French Costume with Ruffles and Gloves Tight Black Dress Color:Black & White wool pants The monochrome color palette

Tight Black Dress

Cassell’s Household Guide , which billed itself as an encyclopedia of domestic and social economy, summed up the problem like this, circa 1880: “As a general rule, ladies do not like to see their maids dressed in the clothes they themselves have worn—the difference in the social scale of mistress and maid renders this unpleasing.” But Cassell’s made one exception: “a black or a dark-colored silk.” Previously, a simple black dress meant a wealthy woman was “dressing down.” But by the 19th century, the black dress had become a staple of the lower and middle classes

wool pants

Color:Black & White

Penelope Gown

The monochrome color palette makes this outfit easy to accessorize with