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
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?snip
There was specific Victorian wear for the seaside (in addition to
bathing costumes per se). See Avril Landsdell's
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
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
From: Kathryn Pinner pinn...@mccc.edu
To: Historical Costume h-cost...@indra.com
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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
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
