Flashback Friday -- What they wore
Sitting here in my jeans and T-shirt, I ponder the clothes women used to wear.
I wonder if they could ever relax and kick back. Perhaps when they pulled off their corsets with stays and put on a nightgown for bed they could slump a little.
I ran across this fashion spread whilst sorting through some stuff. It was badly water damaged and has a touch of mildew. I sent it off to Newbie Richardson, a restorer. Perhaps she can use it for reference material as she preserves and reconstructs old garments.
I wonder if they could ever relax and kick back. Perhaps when they pulled off their corsets with stays and put on a nightgown for bed they could slump a little.I ran across this fashion spread whilst sorting through some stuff. It was badly water damaged and has a touch of mildew. I sent it off to Newbie Richardson, a restorer. Perhaps she can use it for reference material as she preserves and reconstructs old garments.
posted by Christine Thresh at 8:01 PM
3 Comments:
What price beauty? Glad we are liberated.
It doesn't bear thinking about, does it? Apart from the discomfort, those fabrics wouldn't have been washable, and would have taken so much looking after.
I remember my grandmother still wore a corset, even when the summer in New Zealand was boiling!
She would have been amazed at my T shirt & comfy jeans!
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