What have they come as? Halloween costume inspiration from the kids of 1887
Are you rummaging about for bits of wire and pumpkin-coloured crêpe paper and wondering if a scorch-marked tea-towel will work as a devil’s cape for a nine-year-old? Spare a thought for the parents of Australian kids going to a fancy-dress party in 1887Actually, don’t – their costumes were made by professional costumiers, befitting the hundreds of posh kids who sashayed into the lord mayoress’s fancy-dress ball for children at Adelaide town hall nearly 140 years ago. But their rare and incredibly detailed photos could provide some Halloween inspiration.My happy place is a hushed archive readin
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