Michaela wrote: >> I thought that too, however in my most recent research project covering the elliptical hoop >> though the early bustle (1865-1874) a noticeable percentage of wedding dresses were in the >> evening dress style. No more then 25%, but a noticeable percentage anyway.
>I found it's usually respectable middle class that wears day dress (and >probably working class too as I suspect there wasn't much opportunity to go >to the opera or the odd ball....) and the aristocracy could wear off the >shoulder and the like. I was mostly looking at 1870s and 1880s there. Most >of the brides on the Musee McCorde site are wearing clothing to the neck. Thanks, Sunny and Michaela. Perhaps the Dracula bride was OK then, but the Nickleby wedding was middle-class and early Victorian. Kate Bunting Librarian and 17th century reenactor _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
