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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]if something was plantation themed that’s obviously a terrible idea and racist but period dress for women of the civil war era could be wives of northern soldiers, no? Antebellum refers to the southern houses, dresses, etc general  but civil war doesn’t mean that right? [/quote]

Uhhh pointing out that it is also cringeworthy if they asked girls to dress up as wives. [/quote]

Well they weren’t soldiers in the vast majority of cases yet they did exist and contribute to the war effort and society. At any rate I don’t think period dress is awful for school projects/skits but certainly would have specified they weren’t confederates. [/quote]

Was that style of dress typical of Northern women? It was clearly to evoke Southern Belles. Note that it isn’t a thing outside of the South for sororities to have “Old North” parties. [/quote]

When I see three parties, the girls/women always seem to be dressed like the opening scene in gone with the wind or like 80s prom dresses.  But when I see black and white photos of actual women from the 1860s they are typically wearing much more modest dress.  (Maybe more like what homely Melanie wore in GWTW.). Anyway, it seems like those dumb off the shoulder ruffled silk tings are just another way to try to make the antebellum south seem more beautiful than it was in reality.  Everyone was just a Scarlet O’Hara type with men bringing them plates of barbecue!  [/quote]

This is correct, which makes a history teacher asking kids to dress in that attire even more odd.

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