Four dresses, ca. 1870
Item 11564 info
Brick Store Museum
During the second half of the 1870s it seemed as though women were growing taller and slimmer.
Whether they wore a "cuirass" bodice or a princess sheath dress, the effect was figure fitting to below the hips.
The skirt was tied back tightly by ribbons inside so that the front was stretched f1at with flounces of pleats at the bottom.
In back the skirt was draped and decorated in a variety of ways usually ending in a train for afternoon and evening wear.
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