IIRC, 1879-80 is sort of between bustle periods. What would a young
English lady living on the coast of Cornwall be wearing? ...
If your young ladies have any pretense to fashion*, they'd wear the nearly
bustle-less (they might wear a small bustle pad), very narrow skirts, but
probably not as narrow as the fashion plates.
*If a girl wasn't out working, she had the free time to renovate her skirts
to the narrower fashions. Even house maids often did their best to copy
the fashions, and making a narrow skirt was far cheaper than creating a
full bustle dress.
Fran's books are absolutely brilliant. I use them every time I need
inspiration or details for that period. Highly recommended!
Happy sewing,
Deb Salisbury
The Mantua-Maker
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