tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848073453811666225.post4882971175683827816..comments2024-03-08T04:27:48.022-05:00Comments on A Most Beguiling Accomplishment: Older Women and FashionCassidyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03596345781746342408noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848073453811666225.post-54728380338684401522015-10-19T11:25:30.193-04:002015-10-19T11:25:30.193-04:00They may not have been very fashionable but older ...They may not have been very fashionable but older ladies certainly wore their best dresses and accessories. I read it was considered appropriate to give your worn out and cheaper stuff to maids as rewards and only wear your finest clothes. Blitzmadchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09516184158276286567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848073453811666225.post-16199502926676830002015-09-29T14:56:33.439-04:002015-09-29T14:56:33.439-04:00Hi! I had just found your blog and started to read...Hi! I had just found your blog and started to read "back in time", so sorry if this comment is a little bit late, but when discusing old or matron women's dressing, mostly the most important, essential set is always forgotten of a foremother's life: the trousseau! This had played a huge part in female life, namely from a very young age every girl was sewing her own lingeries, kitchen and bed cloths that will be so necessary in her latter life (practically till death). In early 19th century (and earlier centuries too) a trousseau was counted for a lifetime, 6 dozens of chemises, drawers, dozen-some petticoats, night gowns, about a dozen corsets, a few combing capes, dressing sacques, morning robes, etc. Things had changed after sewing machine was invented and big department stores were established all around the civilized western world, offering ready-made lingeries. As sewing machine changed fashion's diversity and made alterations rapid, like from the 1860's the overall look could change within a decade from broad-wide to close fitted-tight clothing, and these changes had effects on the undergarments too. To say the least, by the 1870's the trousseau was reduced to half of it's previous amount, as the new models could be easily purchased after the latest fashions or sewn at home with the quick machine. So most possibly when we see and old lady's photo from the late Victorian period it's 100% sure she's wearing early Victorian undies, however the outergarment strives to follow the youth's fashion :DMelindahttp://welcome-to-the-plastic-age.webnode.hu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848073453811666225.post-69097058815201084542015-06-24T21:35:38.068-04:002015-06-24T21:35:38.068-04:00Thank you!
the vast majority of famous society be...Thank you!<br /><br /><i>the vast majority of famous society beauties in history were married women.</i><br /><br />Exactly!! Fiction focuses on unmarried women because marriage plots are interesting, but women weren't focused on attracting a husband with a long downhill slide afterward. For men and women, marriage was generally a threshold into adult life proper, and it was once you were there that you really got to have more power in choosing your dress.Cassidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596345781746342408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848073453811666225.post-11020113370953474442015-06-21T03:47:41.410-04:002015-06-21T03:47:41.410-04:00Very good article! I've been annoyed by this c...Very good article! I've been annoyed by this cliche of fashion as well. I don't know much about older women and fashion, but I do know that for a long time, unmarried young women were supposed to dress with a simplicity and modesty suitable to their status while sophisticated and elaborate styles were reserved for those who were a bit older than that and married (and often mothers). In times when disposable income came from men, married women tended to have more money to spend on their appearance than their younger, still unmarried sisters. <br />People seem to forget this quite often, but the vast majority of famous society beauties in history were married women.Laurianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16602295642057814667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848073453811666225.post-38057919269451515402015-06-18T20:27:29.304-04:002015-06-18T20:27:29.304-04:00Thank you! It's been niggling at me for ages. ...Thank you! It's been niggling at me for ages. I'm not sure why the idea is so popular (maybe the influence of movies?) but there seems to be quite a lot of evidence out there against it.Cassidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596345781746342408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5848073453811666225.post-43892139471925342015-06-18T07:30:39.262-04:002015-06-18T07:30:39.262-04:00You have some very good points! As a wanna-be hist...You have some very good points! As a wanna-be historical costumer (and past 40!), I've been wondering about those things myself.Anna-Carinhttp://btz.senoreply@blogger.com