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 a
From: Kathryn Pinner
To: Historical Costume
Sent: Mon, July 4, 2011 5:58:27 PM
Subject: [h-cost] 1880's "casual" dress question
IIRC, 1879-80 is sort of between bustle periods. What would a young English
lady living on the coast of Cornwall be wear
At 11:18 AM 7/4/2011, you wrote:
Look for "beach costume" or "seaside dress". I know I've seen some
of those in the fashion magazines.
Carmen
On 7/4/2011 9:58 AM, Kathryn Pinner wrote:
IIRC, 1879-80 is sort of between bustle periods. What would a
young English lady living on the coast of C
Look for "beach costume" or "seaside dress". I know I've seen some of
those in the fashion magazines.
Carmen
On 7/4/2011 9:58 AM, Kathryn Pinner wrote:
IIRC, 1879-80 is sort of between bustle periods. What would a young English lady living on the
coast of Cornwall be wearing? I will be co
On 7/4/2011 9:58 AM, Kathryn Pinner wrote:
IIRC, 1879-80 is sort of between bustle periods. What would a young English lady
living on the coast of Cornwall be wearing?
There was specific Victorian wear for the "seaside" (in addition to
bathing costumes per se). See Avril Landsdell's Seasi
IIRC, 1879-80 is sort of between bustle periods. What would a young English
lady living on the coast of Cornwall be wearing? I will be costuming "Pirates
of Penzance" in January and am looking for some ideas of where to look. Fashion
plates in Godey's and Harper's hardly seem the type of garm