Reacting to Bizarre Victorian Fashion Items (Part 2)
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You all enjoyed part 1 of reacting to bizarre Victorian fashion so much, and many of you asked for a part 2, that I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to release a follow-up video. Historical fashion continues to challenge our understanding of history, with so many weird and bizarre items appearing throughout my time researching antique garments and going through museum collections. These videos are always so much fun to film as a lot of the items can be quite comical too.
Please note: It has come to my attention that the use of the term "skin-coloured" to describe the buff gown in the video was a very harmful and poor choice of words on my part. I'm incredibly sorry for any hurt I may have caused and have educated myself on why that was a hurtful choice of words (and will continue to educate myself). I have removed that section of the video so that it will not continue to do harm and I will work to be even more mindful of my language and microaggressions in the future.
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The Bizarre Garments:
Jester Slippers:
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Bold Lounge suit:
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Modern-Looking Carriage Boots:
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Geometric Embroidered Evening Boots:
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Pasta Dolman:
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Wrap-Around Corset:
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1890s Cowboy Boots:
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Lace Front Bustle Gown:
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Odd Knitted Sweater: www.metmuseum....
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Leather Corset:
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Ornate Outerwear:
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Ornate Dresses:
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Alternate Evening Shoes:
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Tatar Shoes:
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Menswear Coats Left Open:
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Hiking Boots:
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The pasta dolman looks like what Old Deuteronomy would wear in a Victorian production of cats.
Hahahahahaha 🤣 such an accurate description
I'm fairly sure if you could convince any Victorian-era patron that Cats was a fine investment proposition, then any of the items featured in this video would also be fair game.
And I'm only 30 seconds in. :)
@@sixstringedthing it may be tough to dance in the carriage slippers but I'm sure someone could make it work
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It makes me think of Père Malfait, the Cajun boogeyman, lurking in the bayou all covered in Spanish moss.
It's hilariously surreal to see you sitting there in your cap and broach, etc...saying, "cyber security is probably one of the most important things to me...."
I appreciate it.
Lol 😂 humans are all just walking anachronisms aren’t we?
Loved this video as much as the first one! Yes PLEASE make a part 3!
I totally will! I was worried people would get tired if it became a series, but I’m glad everyone seems to be loving it (because I certainly love making them too) 😊
Yes, please!
The wrap-around corset, like some already mentioned, might be the lounging corset. When a woman just wanted to be a couch potato in her tea gown for half of the day. She still needed support, but not as much as for more formal wear. There's a video from Engineering Knits about a corset called Faulenzer. It's very much the same wrap-around style.
Thank you for including men's fashions as I sew for my adult sons who like period type clothing.
That's cool, a family tradition!
My first tought when I saw the leather corset was that it was made for someone with a back injury to add stiffness in places you couldn't put boning.
I wonder if the carriage shoes were also to protect your more delicate and fancy evening shoes from the foot stove/foot warmer that would have been used in a carriage?
Thank you for another fascinating video and I will be going back to look at the first edition of this subject. I am really looking forward to spending a dreich Saturday evening catching up on your older videos as I am a fairly new subscriber. There’s something about your videos that gives me a lovely warm feeling and there are always things that I want to look into more after watching. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and giving me inspiration to find out more.
That’s a very interesting theory! Thanks so much Bonnie! I hope you enjoy the videos 🥰
The evening boot, I wonder if the owner had bad ankles and needed the support to allow them to dance longer.
That’s a very good theory!! That would be me. Maybe that’s why I like them so much lol.
@@VBirchwood It would be me too! 😂 I double dislocated my right ankle and now both my ankles are constantly swollen! ::rueful grin::
@@katwitanruna oh no that sounds so painful! I’m sorry that happened. The doctors suspect I have EDS so my ankles will regularly just turn to noodles whenever I’m walking around. It doesn’t hurt or anything but it always shocks people haha
@@VBirchwood It was quite! The only thing I regret is letting the chap cut off my shoe as it was so comfortable and I was never able to find another pair.
As to the other, I know a number of folx who have similar issues. Howsoever at least there are cute period boots!
I've read about and seen a few examples of leather 18th century stays and a theory of why they exist is that the leather would eventually shape itself around you, its cool seeing a victorian example (though my fingers are screaming in pain at the thought of handsewing a busk through two layers of leather), but I could never bear the thought of how much I'd sweat in them!
The purple cape is gorgeous! But I do believe it might be crocheted. Now I want to search the internet and try to replicate the stitch because it's so interesting.
I genuinely thought those carriage shoes were cute ‘moccasins’. I’d rock them as house shoes too, they’re too cute. I wonder how comfy that wrap corset is, my lower ribs don’t like too much pressure anymore so I need an alternative to bras.
The leather corset is super interesting, I’ve seen references to corsets made from kid leather in period magazines but never an extant example.
That cape…Well, now we know what a cape would look like when used for motion capture 😆
And the lounge suit…Harry Wormwood, legitimate used carriage salesman, anyone?
Regarding the kid leather corset, there is a pattern for it on the book reconstructing victorian fashions from Francis Gimbel (taken from original sources), so is definitely something you could wear as a lower class garments... The wrapped corset reminds me of the regency stays Dixie DIY did recently, the stays were target for people with low mobility - but since is later i would bet on a bathing corset? Looks similar to the Prior attire corset on the second book and I believe Bella Mae also did a video on the construction of one ☺️
I'm really enjoying this series, keep up the amazing job 😄
The leather corset could be a riding or traveling corset. It would provide protection for many reasons from falls to bandits.
Leather corsets were often worn more extreme waist reductions. I think that Empress Cici use leather corsets for her own extreme lacing but most of the time they were fetish wear
These videos with many weird victorian garments and items inspire me a lot. As I sewed and watched this video I thought of some victorian-based projects I could do that aren't normal. Thank you for your video!
That’s so lovely to hear! I’m glad you enjoyed the video 😊
Love these videos and the Instagram channel. Would be amazing to have this (Bizarre Historical Fashions) as a rolling series
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you like it 🥰 I’ll definitely make it a rolling series! Everyone seems to love it and I really enjoy making these too.
The vests, being hand embroidered, and also symbolic - but also likely worn frequently and repeatedly, is much like the role of tattoos now. Except, not forever. Just, long term, but removable. And, if one wanted, could be sent to the original artist, or a talented needle artist in your home, for periodic updates or touch ups.
The dolman looks like a lampshade I swear I've seen vintage lampshades with that same floral pattern with tassels all around the bottom edge
That cream coloured dress with the gold sleeves is gorgeous. Could you please not refer to it as “skin coloured”.
Thank you for bringing this to my attention! I’m incredibly sorry for any harm I may have caused by calling the dress “skin coloured”. I’ve educated myself on the matter and I’ve made a full statement now in the description box and have chosen to remove the part of the video so that it will not continue to perpetuate harm. I will work to make sure I am mindful of microaggressions in the future too.
@@VBirchwood thank you
I think I just fell in love with the red leather 'jester' slippers. I could see me wearing them to the grocery store... American Duchess needs to get on the case.
The dolman is for a Wookie going on a date...
A leather corset. Dear Gawd, and I'm here sitting having taught myself leatherwork last winter. I think I need to make this? It feels like it could have been for daily wear? Leather is breathable, so it wouldn't be completely uncomfortable. The scallops were made by a metal punch.
Oh. Those evening boots. Want-need-want.
Same for the Cowboy boots - have you ever considered offering your research skills up to the American Duchess kids?
That. Vest. I need smelling salts. Forward that on to Sewstine and see about maybe a collaboration? I wonder if the design was a gift from his newlywed bride? Or maybe he got a promotion at work?
That lounge suit is full-on Gucci. Just add some gold chains and you're there. They pattern matched the buttons. Damn... showing off, or what...
- Cathy (&, accidently, Steve), Ottawa/Bytown/Pimisi
That last suit...I don't have words.
Your next look? 😂
I've read somewhere that empress Elisabeth of Austria and Hungary (Sisi) had leather corsets made in France because she laced them so tight her 'normal' corsets didn't hold up. I don't know if this were true, but it's a piece of information that lives rentfree in my brain, so there you have it 😁
1:33 🤔 I was thinking sasquatch.👍
That suit is way way out there lol 😂
OMG, that Dolmen looks like the evening attire poor Ron Weasly has to wear for the great ball in the 4th book. "Looks like something my great-aunt Tessie would wear!"
Thanks for sharing your time and amazing talent 😊
Oh my gee! The purple dingle ball cape had me laughing but also impressed (as I am a knitter)
That bustle dress reminds me of one of the dresses from the fifth element. But that one had cut outs
As far as history goes ... almost everything is strange from a outside prospective
I loved the video, very interesting specimens, but I love you cap even more! It isbeautiful!
Thank you!!
I love the shoes!!
Does this make carriage boots a variation of goulashes ?
Off topic but your cap is beautiful 🥺
Thank you 🥰
Such a cute thumbnail 🙂
Thank you 🥰
PS
Yes please to part 3
And, any length of this series!
It’ll definitely happen! 🥰
@@VBirchwood hooray!
OMG Chewbacca dolman! 😂🤣🤣🙈 Looks straight up hysterical to me tbh 🤣🤣.
I love the shoes picks this time, all hits (and honestly I'd like to wear some of them too 😂🙈), especially the carriage boots. The 1860s red stripey lounge wear reminds me of a firefighter's uniform 😂, though it seems like it'd be a cozy wear.
Re: wraparound corset - I think it's a men's corset, actually! Especially considering the decade it is from (1830s), the men's silhouette in this era highly favored cinched waist, this helped achieve that. It's only that wide since it was only worn on the waist area, so yeah.
This is such a good series 😂
Love this video
shaggy mop dolman
Dredlock dolman.
I think the wrap around corset might be a man's. I can't see any bust curvature at all, and it's the same shape as some other "health belts" from around the same time!
How interesting! Thanks Vincent! 😊
What pattern is your cap? I would *so* wear one in that style. Or the inspiration for your bodice and skirt, as well.
I didn’t make it myself so sadly I’m not sure which pattern it is 🥺 the blouse is a Garibaldi blouse I made, and the skirt I didn’t make but it’s a standard pleated working class skirt that uses knife pleats secured then to a waistband 😊
Paging @thenicolerudolph, those Juliet shoes should be in your future!
Is the strange looking corset maybe a pregnancy corset?
Awesome video! Very interesting.
So glad you enjoyed it!
Ah, not sure if it's a glitch on my end or some nonsense from TH-cam, but your captions seem to be showing up early/out of sync for some reason?
I just checked them. They did indeed get messed up. They’re external captions so whilst I wait to generate new ones (will be ready tomorrow) I’ve turned back on the automatic captions which are with the correct timing. Thanks for letting me know!
Who wore the suit? Must've been Bozo.
Very strange. I thought today's fashions were weird
If anyone's curious about the "pasta dolman," the dangly bits are chenille! We have a very similar one in the collection where I volunteer, although it's in ivory and burgundy instead of taupe.
I love chenille 😄
The vest that looks 1960’s, we were loosing so many Victorian grandparents in the 1960-1970’s. It became cool to look like the early Victorians and many boomers were inheriting their houses (and interesting things in the attics and closets). There was a mini Victorian renaissance.
How interesting! Do you think that explains the rise of brands like Laura Ashley and Gunne Sax potentially too?
Just a couple of corset comments:
Leather corsets were worn by lower income women at that point since they could be wiped down with saddle soap or somesuch, then be good for the next wearing. I saw a program on boxing history that detailed women's boxing often being done in leather corsets
The wraparound corset looks like the lounge corset that I saw being remade for under a wrapper.
I'll see if I can dig up those videos.
The wraparound was most likely a child’s stay bands, which was worn by girls from infancy to puberty (when the transitioned to more and more adult corsets) and by boys from infancy to toddlerhood.
Dixie DIY did a video of a Regency era wrap corset (it's quite short). It isn't the one that I was thinking of, but it's pretty similar to it. I'll look some more when I have a bit more time.
I found the one that I remembered. It's the "couch potato" one - an 1893 pattern that she sews with a Wilson and Wheeler sewing machine from the 1890's.
I also saw the leather corset and thought, "Is this sportswear or a costume?"
Thanks for sharing this info Kate!
About the purple pompomed cape, it looks to me like it is crocheted, not knitted. Just saying this because if you're not a fan of knitting, you might try crochet - can't lose a stitch, can easily undo and redo, can build however and try again, etc... basically, crochet is friendlier (in my experience) than knitting and is a LOT faster. It actually looks like a double-chain stitch on the cape, so really fast. Also crocheted items tend to be thicker than knitted and so do take up more yarn... but then it's warmer.
I actually can crochet and used to crochet quite a lot! I learned it before sewing but it’s sort of what got me into crafting and textiles in the first place. I’ve managed to make small things like fingerless 18th century mitts, but tend to not get the gauge right most of the time so I struggle to make anything larger and more wearable.
The geometric embroidery on the evening boots looks sort of high tech for today.
It really does! Almost like cyber punk meets Victorian? 😂
@@VBirchwood cybvictorian
So weird having seen these on pinterest for years thinking "wow they had such taste then" and seeing them here and hearing "this is so unusual for the time"
Hahahaha! I mean a lot of people certainly still had taste 🤣
Well, I guess I need to find me some carriage boots now, because they are heckin' gorgeous! 😍 Also, they look incredibly comfy and I have super sensitive feet. 😅
Carriage boots are 100% the answer for sensitive feet! Hahaha 🥰
The dolman coat looks like a ghillie suit - a form of camouflage that groundskeepers would wear.
All the items were fascinating with influences from across the globe, so many of them had echoes in late 20thC fashion. You'll be too young to remember the pompom fashions of the 1960/70s or the 'pixie boots' of the 80's. I've still got a pair with studded chain pseudo-spurs on them that in themselves resemble Napoleonic hussars boots, combined with a british army fatigues jacket slung over one shoulder held on by a chain across the neck .... those were the days ..... I'm sure it'll all come back into fashion 🤣
It probably likely already has amongst some people! That’s one of the things I find the most perplexing about fashion today, is the way so many vintage and historical styles have made their returns but all at once! Lol
I wonder if so much of this strange clothing survives because people in the Victorian Era considered it too outlandish to wear.
A very interesting thought! Or perhaps they felt like daring to be different and then maybe got so much ridicule from “high society” that they shelved the items?
“…waistcoats were the concert t shirts of their time.”
- Zac Pin sent
He’s reffering to 1790’s but it holds true for plenty of them.
That corset! It could be very robust and warm for hard work in cold conditions 🤔 I weirdly want one, now?
I must admit it gives me ideas for leatherwork I want to do
Yessss make the leather corset! 🤣🥰
this lounge suit!!! ❤❤The person who wore it was my spirit animal!! It´s an explosion of joy - and perfectionism, and I´m all for it. Now I must look in my stash... 😅😂
Hahahaha I’m sure they had an equally as vibrant personality! 😂 it’d probably make a fun colour blocking project too.
I think your outfit from this video is my favourite one so far, if you made it yourself would you mind sharing what patterns did you use?
Also I hope this becomes a series! I follow you on instagram, but seriously hate the platform and don't visit it often.
Thank you so much! I’ll definitely continue this series as people really enjoy it, and I do too 😊 regarding the outfit, the only part I made myself is the Garibaldi blouse. I made it using a Truly Victorian pattern a while back, but I won’t buy any future patterns from the company because the owner has said some incredibly racist things recently and then doubled down on them when it was brought to their attention so I don’t want to support the business anymore. I’m still using old patterns that are in my stash though as it feels like a waste of resources otherwise.
Honestly, those Tatar boots are STUNNING! From what I know of your people, you used to wear quite colourful stuff, so these paint a wonderful picture! Can't say we have a great history with the Tatars, but the past is long gone!
They’re super beautiful right? We definitely have a lot of colour in Tatar clothing. Like a lot of ethnic minority clothing in fact. I think eastern cultures tend to utilise colour a lot more than in the west. Or just folk clothing in general does including western. I love the colours of a hat worn by us Tatars called a Kalfak. I highly recommend looking them up 😊
That “corset” thing looks like the binding my grandmother talked about that was worn by women immediately after giving birth and for at least 10 days after.
The last one made me think of a firefighter's coat. My first thought was firefighter jammies 🤣 i'm with your on the red dress though. I love how it laces up in the front. It's almost like you could have interchangeable fronts under those laces. I'm not big on the whole shelf butt bustle, but i do love the bustles and this one is exactly what I love about the bustle.🤩 The leather corset looked like it was super fun. Fetish wear or not, now I want one. Might be good for working on the homestead it just a little fun to wear in general.😁 For the first pair of shoes you can try reaching out to Nicole Rudolph to see if she can make you a pair or knows someone who would be willing to make you a pair just like them. 😉 Anyways this was fun. It gave me a good laugh and started my day on the right note. See you next week. 😊
Thanks so much DesertRose! I’m glad you enjoyed the video 🥰 I definitely think you should get a leather corset! They actually look incredibly practical. And easier to clean in a sense (kind of like how a lot of people choose leather car seats for that exact reason haha).
I sadly don’t have the budget right now to afford a custom pair of shoes. I actually need another pair of out of box historical shoes so I’m slowly trying to save for that (and for the cobbler for my old pairs as they’re surprisingly expensive sometimes, I understand why though). So that’ll come first for practical reasons 😊I’ll see you on Friday for another video! I’m actually really excited about this upcoming one.
The penultimate item, the corset from 1830-49, could it be a pregnancy wrap or girdle of some kind? Not that different from the pregnancy wraps you see today - baby bumps after all are something that existed back then too!
Pasta Dolmen is a Victorian muppet. Without a doubt.
the dolman immediately reminded me of Komondors, the "mop dogs"
That strange corset looks a lot like a surgical (abdominal) binder which was used post surgical to help hold the patient together and provide "comfort". As I cannot see this close up, it's just a wild thought I had.😃
That was my thought, too. Or perhaps for supporting an abdominal hernia.
That 1830s corset looks like a later edition of those "lazy" Regency stays (Corset a la Paresseuse) several costubers have recreated.
I’ve seen that one! It’s super cool!
My father was a pattern cutter in London in the fifties so he sparked an interest in fashion history for me. I really enjoy your videos, thanks.
That last suit is giving 1970’s Pimpin since pimpin been pimpin 😂😂😂😂
the grey tassle coat reminds me so much of that scene in bram stokers dracule where he transforms into a human shaped bunch of rats :D Also a really big fan of the victorian cowboy style boots - and it's not even that suprising that they give off that vibe since cowboy boots have their origin in the 19th century and alot of their embroidery designs originated from that time as did the tipped toe and the heel shape. in other words - cowboys are hootin tootin history bounders :D
You could try to connect with Nichole Rudolph to get more info on the history of shoes.
The vest is 100% an ugly Christmas vest of the time 😂
OK so youtuber Engineering knits has made a wrapper corset that is similar to the one you showed, not sure if it's the same exact design
Also, the shoes are all a 10/10. Definitely would wear
OMG you're a tatar! That's so cool to me! I actually live in Tatarstan, but I'm myself a chuvash.
Сәлам! )) How awesome!! My family is from Bashkiri (Sterlitamak) 😊 My grandmother is 100% Tatar but my grandfather is a Cossack, so I’m a bit of a mix. I find I relate to my Tatar roots a lot more though as my grandmother helped to raise me.
@@VBirchwood That's so strange (in a good way) to find an english-speaking youtuber who's origin is so close to home. Our corner of the world isn't that popular 😁
I myself is also a little mixed, but I'm 3/4 chuvash. The city I live in is majority tatar though, so I'm more culturally a tatar than a chuvash (except being a Muslim, a guess). I can only understand but not speak chuvash language, because I never had a chance to speak it outside the family. My grandma speaks fluent chuvash though, as well as tatar and uzbek languages. One of my best friend and her family are bashkirs, other one is mordvinian. Tatarstan is a pretty diverse and mixed place, which is cool ☺ sorry I went on a little bit of a tangent 😂
the corset you weren't sure about reminds me of how my medical corset looks, as it also have 2 straps on each side to adjust for support.
Mine is a modern one though, so it closes with velcro, but it looks very similar in how the bones are placed and I would assume closure/tightening.
One basically have the ties cross from above waist to bellow waist diagonally, making a sort of X-shape in the front where they all intersect, and it helps with giving support for the back. Mine is front opening and closing, because i need to have a really wide bone (it's about 5cm wide, so basically like a busk) along spine for scoliosis, and it overlaps in the front with about 15cm. the museum one looks like one would have a flat front, pass the ties around the back and through the slits at the side, and then have them button/tie in the front (I can see that on one side they have button holes and on the other there are buttons).
As it is really similar to a garment I have it is sort of funny to think that this might have actually been an early version of that. And yes, the medical corset i have is really comfy to wear.
This is really fascinating to read! Thanks so much for all the info 😊
@NicoleRudolph could you do those jester shoes
Are you a Tatar? Do you speak the language?
i love this series!
Awww yay! 😊
That purple cape...I've been staring at the picture for an inordinate amount of time, and the more I look, the more I'm convinced it is neither knit nor crochet, but made on a loom with a technique very like what's used nowadays to make those pom-pom blankets (like this th-cam.com/video/FDUikCavkS8/w-d-xo.html). What this technique is called, I haven't the foggiest. But in any case, it looks like it would be easier to learn than either knitting or crochet.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing 😊 I hope that TH-cam keeps this comment up as they often delete comments with links but just know that I’ve read it if it does get taken down
I WANT THOSE RED SHOES.
Shoes are so interesting throughout time, I love being able to re-create what I see and love. Really Vasi, you need another hobby….
Hahahaha, I had a feeling you might comment this! 🤣🥰
The second item is definitely a Yeti night out.
Such an entertaining post Vasi, fills me with delight to see the individuality of some peoples choices in the past. Have only seen a few of these items before and love hearing the way you describe and talk about them. I watched this in bed, am about to go to sleep, hope I dream about some of these treasures!
Hi Bella! Thank you so much, I’m so glad you enjoyed the video and seeing all the items 🥰 I hope you had a restful sleep!
i have a faux fur chapka that matches a faux fur collar and a pair of faux fur slippers with claws all i need now is this dolman to achieve my full sasquatch potential, in all honesty i could totally see a red version of this in the costuming of Crimson Peak, the era fits what they were going for with the character is Lucille and the red dripping effect does fit the aesthetic of the movie really seamlessly
Oh that black Blouse.. a Goths Dream. With a modern underbust "Corset". (Just ordered) the Style of Boots..i want them nowadays. A little bit Pointy Toe and some cool Decoration...yes bring them back. They are looking so cool.ok maybe not in the way of chester Style, but witchy Style. Like that cool Waist Coat.. super cool.
omg i had a pasta dolman as a kid. My grandmother knitted it herself and it looked really really close to the pic! (just ... well knitted. and pink.)
Man i always wondered where the wierd clothes came from she gave me when i grew up in their house! I just found a video before where i saw my one nightgown was actually a victorian morning dress ... i have questions for where my grandma got her sweing patterns from now. cause i'm pretty sure the things were made in the 1930s and they didnt have the internet yet to download or research these and she lived in a village in the mountains lmao....
I think that wrap-around corset might be a men's corset. There are a couple of men's corsets in The Workwoman's Guide (published in 1838) that are a similar shape.
Snowdrops are also one of my favorite flowers. Like top 3. Their simplicity, beauty and, mostly, their symbolism…
The corset looks like a mans corset. The lounge suit looks like a fancy prison suit. Loved the Juliet boots.
I would think that the leather corset would have been practical as well. It would be long lasting, and warm. I just love looking at these pictures. Thanks!
The dolman made me think of a gillie suit.
I wish there was more context for the leather corset! I gotta wonder if it was part of a stage costume, honestly. They came up with some interesting choices for operas set in ostensibly historic (to them) periods
Bella Mae did a bathing corset that looks a lot like that wrap-around one! It does indeed look comfy.
I am dubbing the last of these "Santa jammies" for their glorious stripey Christmas colors.
The weird corset looks like a kids corset, which could explain why it'd be so easy to put on. It's kind of made like wallet skirts are made sometimes, with a belt that goes through a hole to hold the skirt in place
The weird corset looks like a morning lounge corset. Engineering knits made one version a year or so ago. Here's the link to her video.
m.th-cam.com/video/3Jedo_RBpdU/w-d-xo.html