If a woman is in mourning during the 1860s, were her underpinnings black?
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I've never read anything to that effect.
Certainly by the 1870s or 80s, every thread of mourning was advertised, and I
don't recall any underwear being black.
Ann in CT
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If a woman is in mourning
The only black Victorian underwear I've seen, besides corsets, was made
of silk, and judging by the trimming, certainly wasn't for mourning.
Melusine
From: penn...@costumegallery.com penn...@costumegallery.com If a
woman is in mourning during the 1860s, were her underpinnings black?
Penny
The perception that Victorian colored corsets and underclothing are
risque is a modern perception promoted by books and websites that also
promote the idea that corsets and underclothing are inherently erotic.
I'm not disputing that underclothing might have been used for erotic
purposes by
On 1/18/2012 6:35 PM, hhalb94...@aol.com wrote:
Women only wearing white because it was pure and they didn't want to be thought
of as a floosie is, I think, a modern romantic view, not actual history.
White corsets and underclothing were also status symbols to some
extent--they showed the
On 1/18/2012 6:22 PM, R Lloyd Mitchell wrote:
penny,? as you know, I am away from home and my referrences, but Cunnington has
severel citations about underwear in general and?I think at least one I have
seen re mourning.? Since (fashionable) women were just beginning to wear
drawers and with
Many thanks to everyone for your responses. I had never thought about it
before and a friend asked me the question. I thought I would ask those
people in the know!
Penny Ladnier, owner
The Costume Gallery Websites
www.costumegallery.com
15 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history
1860's underpinnings were white
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They are also traditionally red. Especially in wool. Like wool flannel
petticoats or bloomers. But I've seen red bustles and hoopskirts and cage
hoops. Also red silk petticoats. I've never seen a red chemise though
The only black underpinning
