Fabulous Fashions Of 19th Century NYC Revisited In COPPER
By Sponsor in Arts & Entertainment on Aug 9, 2012 5:00PM
How the New York City\'s high society dressed in 1864: Robert Morehouse (Kyle Schmid) and Elizabeth Haverford (Anastasia Griffith) in \<b\>COPPER\<\/b\>\<br\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"hhttp://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>
![How the New York City\'s high society dressed in 1864: Robert Morehouse (Kyle Schmid) and Elizabeth Haverford (Anastasia Griffith) in \<b\>COPPER\<\/b\>\<br\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"hhttp://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>](http://chicagoist.com/upload/2012/08/2012_07_copcost3.jpeg)
1864 women\'s fashions seen in Godey\'s Lady\'s Book; Women\'s styles of the time took its lead from France, and the most fashionable ones were restricting (tiny waists, layers of petticoats, hoop dresses) and expensive.\<br/\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>
![1864 women\'s fashions seen in Godey\'s Lady\'s Book; Women\'s styles of the time took its lead from France, and the most fashionable ones were restricting (tiny waists, layers of petticoats, hoop dresses) and expensive.\<br/\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>](http://chicagoist.com/upload/2012/08/2012_07_godey3.jpeg)
While costume designer Delphine White looked at the past for ideas on how to dress Detective Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), she also injected some rakish-ness by way of 1970s cultural icons Robert Mapplethrope (pictured inset left, with Patti Smith) and Mick Jagger. \<br\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>
![While costume designer Delphine White looked at the past for ideas on how to dress Detective Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones), she also injected some rakish-ness by way of 1970s cultural icons Robert Mapplethrope (pictured inset left, with Patti Smith) and Mick Jagger. \<br\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>](http://chicagoist.com/upload/2012/08/2012_07_corcy.jpeg)
While women of lower classes didn\'t have elaborate wardrobes, they still prided themselves on following the styles. Sara Freeman (Tessa Thompson) wears less voluminous dress than an upper-class lady would and she does wear a pair of mitts on her handsâ they were \<a href=\"http://blog.fidmmuseum.org/museum/2012/03/lace-mitts.html\"\>an important accessory for women\<\/a\> throughout the 19th centuryâas well as a shawl. \<br/\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>
![While women of lower classes didn\'t have elaborate wardrobes, they still prided themselves on following the styles. Sara Freeman (Tessa Thompson) wears less voluminous dress than an upper-class lady would and she does wear a pair of mitts on her handsâ they were \<a href=\"http://blog.fidmmuseum.org/museum/2012/03/lace-mitts.html\"\>an important accessory for women\<\/a\> throughout the 19th centuryâas well as a shawl. \<br/\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>](http://chicagoist.com/upload/2012/08/2012_07_shawlcop.jpeg)
As the owner of Eva\'s Paradise, a saloon and brothel in Five Points, Eva Heissen (Frank Potente) is not as restricted in what she wears, showing much more cleavage than one would in \"good society.\"\<br/\>\<br/\>\<em\>\r\n\r\nDon\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>
![As the owner of Eva\'s Paradise, a saloon and brothel in Five Points, Eva Heissen (Frank Potente) is not as restricted in what she wears, showing much more cleavage than one would in \"good society.\"\<br/\>\<br/\>\<em\>\r\n\r\nDon\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>](http://chicagoist.com/upload/2012/08/2012_07_evahe2.jpeg)
In this sketch of prisoners going to Blackwell\'s Island, a jail facility, the lower-class female prisoners are showing much more bosom with their revealing dress.\<br\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>
![In this sketch of prisoners going to Blackwell\'s Island, a jail facility, the lower-class female prisoners are showing much more bosom with their revealing dress.\<br\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>](http://chicagoist.com/upload/2012/08/2012_08_blackwells.jpeg)
However, the time when \"respectable\" women could wear more daring lower necklines were at functions like balls or dinners.\<br/\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>
![However, the time when \"respectable\" women could wear more daring lower necklines were at functions like balls or dinners.\<br/\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>](http://chicagoist.com/upload/2012/08/2012_07_copfash22.jpeg)
The French fashion house Worth was the lead couturier of the time and his dresses could be as much as $2,500 in 19th century dollars!\<br\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>
![The French fashion house Worth was the lead couturier of the time and his dresses could be as much as $2,500 in 19th century dollars!\<br\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>](http://chicagoist.com/upload/2012/08/2012_08_eveninggown20.jpeg)
Heavy silks in sold colors were popular at the time, as Elizabeth Haverford (Anastasia Griffith) shows off. At left is an advertisement from a Canal Street company for a \"Spring pardessus\"âin other words, a spring coat. Pardessus-style fitted coats started to become more popular with younger women in the 19th century, while older women preferred cloaks. \<br\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>
![Heavy silks in sold colors were popular at the time, as Elizabeth Haverford (Anastasia Griffith) shows off. At left is an advertisement from a Canal Street company for a \"Spring pardessus\"âin other words, a spring coat. Pardessus-style fitted coats started to become more popular with younger women in the 19th century, while older women preferred cloaks. \<br\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>](http://chicagoist.com/upload/2012/08/2012_07_coppergreen2.jpeg)
1864 women\'s fashions seen in Godey\'s Lady\'s Book.\<br\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>
![1864 women\'s fashions seen in Godey\'s Lady\'s Book.\<br\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>](http://chicagoist.com/upload/2012/08/2012_07_godey2.jpeg)
Elegant dinner dress: \<em\>Gotham: The History Of New York City to 1898\<\/em\> notes \"\<strong\>Magazine writers often depicted bankrupt businessmen as victims of their wives\' pursuit of lavish wardrobes\<\/strong\>.\" \<br\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>
![Elegant dinner dress: \<em\>Gotham: The History Of New York City to 1898\<\/em\> notes \"\<strong\>Magazine writers often depicted bankrupt businessmen as victims of their wives\' pursuit of lavish wardrobes\<\/strong\>.\" \<br\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>](http://chicagoist.com/upload/2012/08/2012_07_copfash24.jpeg)
Men\'s and women\'s clothing of the 1860s. \<br\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>
![Men\'s and women\'s clothing of the 1860s. \<br\>\<br/\>\<em\>Don\'t miss a stitch of the subterfuge: Watch \<a href=\"http://ad.doubleclick.net/click;h=v2|3F95|0|0|%2a|g;260186108;0-0;0;82485715;31-1|1;48718935|48716268|1;;;pc=[TPAS_ID]%3fhttp://www.bbcamerica.com/copper?utm_source=Gothamist&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=copper\" rel=\"nofollow\" onClick=\"_gaq.push([\'_trackPageview\', \'/outgoing/Copper_fashion\'])\"\>BBC America\'s\<b\> COPPER\<\/b\>\<\/a\> when it premieres on Sunday, August 19th, at 10/c. Only from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana and only on BBC America.\<\/em\>\<br\>\<br\>\r\n\r\n\<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/5C1WfSzOpm8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\>\<\/iframe\>\<\/i\>\<img src=\"http://secure-us.imrworldwide.com/cgi-bin/m?ci=ade2011-ca&at=view&rt=banner&st=image&ca=copper&cr=site&pc=watcheffect&ce=siteservedtag&rnd=[timestamp]\" /\>](http://chicagoist.com/upload/2012/08/2012_07_copcost6.jpeg)
While nailing 19th century conventions and language are critical to replicating life in 1860s New York City, the new BBC America crime drama COPPER has another edge: Clothes painstakingly hand-tailored and sewn from only fabrics available at the time. Costume designer Delphine White led the design and production of "600 dresses, frock coats and union suits" for the show. But it's not all meticulous reproduction and corsets—find out what Mick Jagger and Robert Mapplethorpe have to do with the show's costumes:
Feast your eyes on the sumptuous finery amid the intrigue in BBC America's COPPER, a gripping new cop drama series from Academy Award®-winner Barry Levinson and Emmy® Award-winner Tom Fontana. COPPER premieres Sunday, August 19th at 10/9c only on BBC America—watch a trailer below!