tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post1710607132165110799..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Fashions for June 1877Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-51738667689120809262018-11-25T08:20:17.750-05:002018-11-25T08:20:17.750-05:00In regards to the Godey's June 1877 picture wh...In regards to the Godey's June 1877 picture whereby you say if you try to combine, it might become degraded. Well I have the picture all in one. Not degraded nor in color. Black and white.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349989763636306707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-53377424851879589152018-11-25T08:20:16.552-05:002018-11-25T08:20:16.552-05:00In regards to the Godey's June 1877 picture wh...In regards to the Godey's June 1877 picture whereby you say if you try to combine, it might become degraded. Well I have the picture all in one. Not degraded nor in color. Black and white.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02349989763636306707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-58770787749403869942014-06-04T19:23:24.327-04:002014-06-04T19:23:24.327-04:00I covet that black dress. Maybe someday I'll h...I covet that black dress. Maybe someday I'll have someone make one for me.Elinor Aspenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11152705956194114055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-86418924840900308232014-06-03T21:42:14.168-04:002014-06-03T21:42:14.168-04:00Yes, Michele, I see I read too hastily. The book ...Yes, Michele, I see I read too hastily. The book shows crinolines and crinolettes in the early 1870s, but thereafter speaks of petticoats and bustles. The chemise, combination, and camisole business is also confusing--doubtless because I haven't really studied undergarments of this period as closely as for the 1830s. Thank you for helping us make sense of all this!<br />LorettaChasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03641586650738945106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-74838217386519808762014-06-03T10:47:58.128-04:002014-06-03T10:47:58.128-04:00Loretta, your description of the 1877 underclothin...Loretta, your description of the 1877 underclothing is slightly wrong. The crinoline, otherwise known as the hoopskirt, had been out of fashion for at least a decade. By 1877 it is the era of the bustle, though by this period the Natural Form had become fashionable. A fashionable lady would have worn combination underwear, corset, bustle, and petticoat(s). Compared to the number of petticoats, drawers, and chemises, a lady wore a decade earlier to the Victorian it was like wearing virtually nothing underneath. Check out Truly Victorian patterns to get a sense of the changing fashions of the crinoline and bustle eras. There were a number of fashion trends that changed the size and shape of the bustle during the bustle era.<br />Michelle L. Hamilton, author, "I Would Still Be Drowned in Tears": Spiritualism in Abraham Lincoln's White House. Michelle Hamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10970693534710193918noreply@blogger.com