19th c h-costumers, Do you have any idea where the term "bertha" came from? My guess is it's from a character in a play, ballet or opera who was wearing the new fashion item. That's a common enough reason for an item with a woman's name. Its also the name Emma Bovary gives her daughter when she hears the name at the ball. Not sure if it's significant or not. Perhaps life imitated art and the new item got named for a character in a popular novel. We're just speculating. Do you have an answer?
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