Dressing c.1860
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Civil rights march, Washington, 1963
Good job cars hadn’t been invented at that time………..
Thats an especially ridiculous crinoline, I can’t work out how you’d ever sit down in the thing!
That’s a hoop skirt, not a crinoline.
I could see her petticoat …. such filth !
Elisha, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crinoline
such beautiful clothes, but not very comfortable to wear… !
Hilarious! (But you guys know these photos are a joke of the time, making fun of current fashions, right? Notice how well-dressed the “lady’s maids” are, for starts. The photos are part of a whole genre of poking fun at large hoops; see also this example: http://sensibility.com/vintageimages/victorian/images/ladiesmaidspoof.jpg.)