Victorian crinoline

Crinoline to crinolette to bustle

Description I always like Victorian outfit, i like the shapes, i like the laces, i like the hats, i like the corsets etc etc... <3 But i don't think that the outfit is really a Victorian dress, it's just come from my mind and my hand hahahha... The final pic differs quiet much from the sketch (which i inked using a 0.2 drawing pen), because the inking result si not too good so i had to redraw most of the pic. In the end, i chose to clear the laces because it looked weird on the dress.. The…

Anna Karenina

Of all the devices aimed at the retraint of womanhood the cage crinoline is the most elaborate. The huge crinoline served to extentuate the constrained waist, keep men at arm's length and give shelter from the elements to children and pets.

The history of the cage crinoline of 1856. Pictures of various Victorian crinoline styles and the differences between style silhouettes in fashion history.

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An early holiday gift from three Swedish museums: The Royal Armoury, the castle of Skokloster and the Halwyl museum? Yes, please! Link These three museums now have an online database with a vast collection of objects from the middle ages and onwards so here is something for all tastes: The website is in Swedish only for the time being, but to make a simple search for garments, type "kläder" (clothes) in the search field on the front page and you'll get hundreds of results. Happy browsing!

Description It was not easy to dress up in the early 1800's! I think my little Vittoria spends something like half an hour or three quarters of an hour to get all ready without any help (her brother is too lazy and, in any case, he's male!) u.u Step 1: Base Lingerie. First she puts on a soft shirt and puffy long jones, nearly always white, but she has also embroidered ones. Step 2: The Corset Corsets in 1800 had practically the same function of today's bras, except that they also had to…