Celia is a fashionable young lady from about the turn of the twentieth century:  this style was immortalized in the advertisements and illustrations of Charles Dana Gibson whose fashionable and independent ladies-about-town with their smart clothes, luxuriously coiffed hair and delicate features were known as "Gibson Girls." The fashion of the 1890's to early 1900's had changed greatly from the mid-1800's and so had the lifestyle of women: gone were the cumbersome hoop-skirts and also the "shrinking violet" mentality that kept ladies seated quietly in the parlor the new look included a sleeker outline--an hourglass figure, with long slim skirts more conducive to walks through the park and games of croquet.

The skirt is fitted at the waist, skims the hips and flares at the bottom, forming a beautiful lily-like shape. Black rick-rack trims the waist and hem and forms a exuberant swirling design on the flared back of the skirt. The skirt is also fully lined with silky black material and a small, padded bustle inside, attached to the lining, helps accentuate the hourglass shape.

Her jaunty hat is the epitome of style! Made of the same plum material as the suit, the wide brim and the crown are trimmed with black grosgrain ribbon; the focal points of the hat are the large, ruffled burgundy ribbon "roses" and sweeping black feathers accenting the front and sides. A pearlescent ruby hat-pin secures her hat to her head as she sets out with her tassel-trimmed bag and elegant walking stick for an afternoon on the town.