Hi Cassandra, Long time, since I"ve heard from you. Lizzie Borden, according to my research, would have been dressed in a normal way on the day of the murders. Every movie I"ve seen about her is a fantasy, as well as most if not all of the documentaries.
We know: * that she was wearing a "wrapper" in the morning, and then was fully dressed because she went out of the house, to at least the yard and possibly out for an errand early in the day, then was at home, and testified she had been "ironing handkerchiefs" *HEr favorite color was blue, and the trial deposition and transcripts remark that she wore a blue dress that day. *We don't know how many dresses Lizzy had, but we do know her father was very frugal and "thrifty" and she was unlikely to have been permitted a large wardrobe, or fancy outfits *Even though it was August, she likely would have worn a normal dress with long sleeves and a high neck for modesty, since that was the fashion *When the police were at the house much later, her dress was remarked to be "bloody" and the police encouraged her to change into something clean. The story at the trial was that she then changed into a "pink wrapper" (uncertain whether this is a house dress or a robe, but it is likely it opened fully down the front, whereas a one-piece dress would only open down the bodice and maybe a short placket in the skirt). *The blue dress then disappeared--Lizzy apparently had a neighbbor lady come over, who later testified that she and Lizzy had burned the dress in the stove. Yours inc ostuming, Lisa A On Sun, 12 Oct 2014 10:51:28 -0700 Cascio Michael <[email protected]> writes: > Hi All, > I've given some thought as to how I would describe middle class > for my research project since you're all correct in that middle > class covers a wide range. > I'm looking at people who had enough that they could grow or > purchase enough food to not worry about having food, farm families > would be included since even if the women didn't work outside the > home as in more recent centuries they definitely contributed, maybe > afford to throw the occasional gathering or party and had a special > outfit or two for funerals or special occasions such as holidays. > I'm thinking yeoman or burgher class for earlier centuries. People > with enough not to feel threatened financially on a daily basis but > not so much that the adults were idle. I hope I'm making sense. > And on a another note I just saw Lizzie Borden Took an Axe with > Christine Ricci in it and the outfit she's wearing through most of > the movie's day of the murder just seems wrong to me. Is it > supposed to be an underdress because it's hot or a housedress or a > fantasy? > > > Cassandra > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
