The
19th century lady was a vision of elegance and grace in beautiful Victorian fashion gowns lavishly trimmed
with frills, flounces, lace, braid, fringe, ruche and ribbons. The fashion
conscious Victorian lady
created this appearance with a mysterious combination of the "uncomfortable and
inconvenient" with the "frivolous and decorative." Numerous heavy
petticoats, layers of underclothes, metal hoops, tight corsets and pointed boned bodices
of whalebone and steel were hidden by an array of ornately accented undersleeves, collars,
pelerines, fans, gloves, hats, and parasols. The finished look was of elegance and grace
with an illusion of ease and comfort. |
