> But no holes showing it was ever attached to anything! And why would
you do something requiring tedious pinning/sewing when the rest of the
train was an easy on/off solution? Any ideas? I'm baffled. Astrida
In the 19th-century, it was quite common for women to hand baste
accessories and other parts onto a garment to change the look, even
though this seems labor intensive from our point of view. This made the
wardrobe more flexible, almost larger, without costing much more money.
Bear in mind that the wearer did not necessarily want to alter the
with-train/without-train look every time she wore the garment. She could
easily have decided to wear the train for a number of events in a row.
She even might have added the train for an entire season, as in "This
season trains are in fashion, but I can always remove this one next
season if they go out of fashion."
Fran
Lavolta Press
Books on making historic clothing
www.lavoltapress.com
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