Why Did Victorian Women Change Their Clothing 5 times a Day? | An Explanation
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Welcome to my Costube Symposium video! Have you ever wondered where the stereotype that victorian women changed their clothing five times a day originated? Well, stick around to find out!
Here are the promised time stamps if you would like to skip the dressing scenes:
The tea gown scene is from 1:30-3:41.
The "dressing to go out" scene is from 4:45-11:30.
The housedress scene is from 13:50-16:24.
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modern men: women take so long to get ready!
victorian women: hold my basket
Adelaide - This was my Grandmother. So yes it means I am not far off of 90 myself. Father was born 1902 the last of 4 children. Grandfather was a moderately well known London architect and they lived in the country a trains ride from London. They had a maid of all work, a gardener and an ostler to see to the horse and carriage. But life was not easy, grandmother did much of the work like bottling fruit, washing and ironing and seeing to the children. But father remembers her in what he called Merry Widow style clothes. She pinned brushes under the back of the dress to pick up the mud and horse dirt, they were removed and washed. My father as a boy was dressed in a sailor suit and hat to be taken to the local town in the carriage to go shopping. Grandma saw me as a baby and I have a photo of her holding me, but she died soon after.
I studied Historical Costume myself at Art School in the 50s and have remained interested all my life. A very good video and well made clothes.
you are amazing ❤❤
thank you for sharing! really cool.
Oh that's interesting. I'd love to hear some story's of their day to day lives.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful history
Thank you for sharing your history with us!
By God's mercy.
Watching this just made me beyond grateful for my leggings and shirt.
Not gonna lie, that silhouette was divine, but all those buttons and layers of cloth would kill me.
Thanks for the wholesome content! 🤩
But this is only a rich lady. Imagine someone like Jennifer Lopez leaving the house too - given all the exercise, beauty procedures, all the extensions and hair removal needed constantly today, not to mention basic hair and makeup - does what we saw in the video really take longer? Not at all.
@@jenzito45 That's the beauty of natural fibres. They breathe.
@@MegaPokemon1997not if you use 18 layers…. Plus you get a work out just putting on all the layers. This gas gotta take like 30 mins just to get dressed. Im. So glad i live today and not then. I would not be down to wear this many layers of clothes
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And hold the warmth when worn in layers ;-)
A undershirt/extra underlayer makes a difference.
When going outside in the cold for longer time, right clothing is for me not only the right outerwear, but beginns with the right underwear.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that, lol.
My father was born in 1892 and was one of five children. They lived in Brooklyn and my Grandfather worked for a haberdashery with Jane Fonda's grandfather. I remember my father and Grandmother were always so well dressed. Impeccable. And after my father died, my mother remarked that she never in all their years of marriage had to pick up one sock or any clothes that he dropped on the floor.
Today is Veterans' Day. My father fought in all seven major European battles in WW One. The trenches were awful. Thank God we won.
I love the little time anchoring bits-“when your mother was a girl” “when you got married”- it really helps with the timeline and humanizes the fashion as things worn by people instead of just pretty pictures
Oh good, that was my intention!
@@AdelaideBeemanWhite and also the wearing your mother-in-law's cameo!
@@Shaurbox - In real life the cameo belonged to my step-grandmother’s mother’s aunt, but I thought that was a bit too complicated for the video, so I simplified it. I like to think that it came from the Dowager 1896-Middle-Class-Housewife’s family, and that she gave it to her daughter-in-law as a wedding present.
Thats my favorite part!
I picked up on that too! 😍😍😍
This was hilarious! Are we really so different today though? I eat breakfast in my pajamas, change to office attire for an 8-hour gauntlet of zoom calls and excel wrangling, then change into comfy clothes to cook, clean, and relax at the end of the day, then back into a cozy robe or pajamas for one last round of TH-cam binging before bed...
And if you go to the gym you change as well.
@Pour La Victorie "office attire for an 8-hour gauntlet of zoom calls and excel wrangling", I'm sorry if this is rude or weird to ask, but I'm really curious, what is your work / the name of your job? Because I'm still trying to find my way and this sounded great, I love excel (and I'd love home office via zoom calls lol)
@@slaveNo-4028 hello! I work in technology at a hedge fund, in a role focused on processes, organization, and collaboration tooling :) it's challenging and fast-paced, but also fun and rewarding!
Only difference is that we can change clothes now in less than a minute.
Try wearing actual office attire
(tailored striped office lapel
jacket, skirt, heels) and a night-
gown);
I just had a weird flashback to my childhood where i had "play clothes", school clothes, house clothes, "good clothes". I used to think it was an germ phobia of something but my Great-grandmother, Grandmother, and Mother were raised this way.
My family made 99.9% of whatever was worn other then under garmets or super special occasions. I was blessed enough to have inherhited a closet of period clothing(damn me for being born waay taller and fuller is chest then all the previous women in my family).
I was raised like that too and still keep it that way (I'm 26). I can't imagine not changing to my house clothes when I get home because I just can't let myself sit anywhere except for a chair while wearing "outside" clothes. Also I have to change clothes if I go outside to throw out trash or pick up delivery because I wouldn't allow myself to wear the same clothes in the house after going outside.
I think it was less about germs and more about not wearing out or staining your good clothes. I remember my mother being aghast when I got grass stains on anything that wasn't my play clothes. Good clothes or Sunday best was only worn for church or visiting.
Same. I had the same drawers, labelled as such.
@@tinapetrovicz9741personally it was a combination of hygiene, carefully extending the life of the clothing were the reasons.
I still call it play clothes...
My great grandmother had 22 children! Only two died and they were two boys who were killed in WW1 fighting in France. A story was that if my family walked out of a certain factory it would close down! Thanks so much for the video. I studied costume and costume history, what a faff!!!
I do reenactments & adore the clothes.But wool is scratchy & heavy when wet.And my hoop has a maddening habit of falling down!
This one inspired me to actually do the household chores for today, I put on an apron and pretended I have to explain all the wonders of modern living to a victorian woman
_"...explain all the wonders of modern living"_
translated to: show off all your robots
Love this!
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I thought I was the only one who did things like this 😂
@@nathbrow You're both barking mad...
My grandmother was part of that Victorian stereotype. She was only 8 years old when her parents sent her to work for another family. She had to clean, cook and do everything else that no one wanted to do in exchange for money being sent back home to her parents. This was in Europe. She ended up moving to the U.S. as a young adult with her husband. She had 7 kids (2 died as infants) My Dad was born as a first generation American. I cannot imagine being shipped to another family at such a young age to do hard work. Not to mention moving to a country where you don’t know the language. The Victorian era seemed so glamorous but when we dig a little deeper, we see how difficult it was for some people. Thank you for the video, I really enjoyed it.
Privileged people have no idea about the heartache they caused and they want to scrub history clean of the pain and ugliness so they can continue living in their American paradise bubble world. 😒😔💔🇺🇸
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Too cruel to use children for hard work 😓
I know a few people whose grandmothers were sold at the age of 7 to be maids of all work in the first half of the 20th century. They were white children in the United States. I appreciate Adelaide's mention of a 6-year-old Irish Maggie. I thought it was a genuine historical reference, although she says that it wasn't. It wasn't an uncommon practice.
Very happy to not live in those times.
Hi Adelaide - thank you for such informative videos. I was raised by my grand-mother (born 1889, died at 102 years of age). My grand-mother was a college graduate but according to local customs, had to get married "... cause that was the purpose of a woman to raise a family..." The community married her to a farmer of the same age. Despite being raised on a farm, riding horses, doing farming chores, I never saw my grand-mother wearing pants or shorts. She always wore a skirt or a dress, with or w/o an apron for house/garden work. She made her own clothes (and mine). I am amazed on all the work that older generations did without the niceties that we enjoy. Thank you for sharing part of our history with younger generations, Ciao, L
My grandfather was the youngest of 22 children, all single births!
Seriously, my great grandmother was the british equivalent of “Irish Maggie” who wore the same dress all the time, but a succession of aprons, worn one on top of the other. A sacking apron on top for clearing the grates, scrubbing the floors and etc. under that the housework apron, for dusting, sweeping etc, anther one for kitchen prep and taking food deliveries at the kitchen door. Finally the neat white apron for answering the door to visitors!
I used to use “Granny’s Aprons” as a maths project with my first grade classes!
Same! My grandfather was the youngest of 23. He was born in Montréal, where very a high birth was treasured until the 1960s.
So, most of the time, even watching a funny video, I just chuckle a bit. But then I heard "Irish Maggie does her best, but she's only six years old," and I laughed so hard I woke up my actual six-year-old. Oh, man. Thank you so much for that laugh. I truly needed it.
know what? adults underestimate kids. kids are way smarter and more capable than we realize at times.
My grandma and most of the women in the town washed clothes on Mondays. They were hung up till almost dry then she'd usually roll them loosely and iron them the next day. Baking was done on Tuesdays or Wednesdays and Market days were Thursdays and Saturdays (the days the farmer's markets were held). Sweeping and trash burning was done on Fridays. If anyone burned trash on any other day they were considered an a-hole (it might have been even illegal) because the soot would get on things like laundry or if someone were painting.
Reminds me of the vintage Days of The Week embroidery patterns…Wash Day, Iron Day, Sew Day, Market Day, etc.
I remember this weekly "calendar," now that you mention it! Thanks for the reminder of the "Good Ole Days!"
that's how we did it at our house
Dunno how this is elsewhere, but here in Germany Wednesday and Saturday are still market days. They are held either in front of the local church or an a market square somewhere else in town. I'm doing my studies in a town where Cathedral Square and Market Square are separated. However you get from one to the other in about one or two minutes.
For our household, wash Monday. Iron Tuesday. Mend Wednesday. And I forgot Thursday and Friday. Saturday was bake day. Had to have enough for the week.
I’m a middle class house wife and I have several outfits I wear a day. A sturdy house outfit for cleaning, work out clothes, a nice outfit for picking up the kids and talking to other moms, back into the cleaning outfit! Then a pajama set.
Basically the same.
Wow. That brings back memories of my grandmother. She was born in 1881, and there were pictures of her as a very young woman. She had her hair in a Gibson Girl hairdo, and she wore a high neck blouse, with the pintucks in the front, the legolamb sleeves, with the corset and the petticoats under a skirt that flared in the back. Of course, she also had the shoes that button up. They had a black manservant, who had just stayed doing what he did, even after he was emancipated. He was just part of the family. My mom called him "Uncle Theodore". Nanny still wore a corset when I was a little girl. And the black special occasion dress with the lace collar. One day she went wild, and bought a bright red hat, though, lol. The world went from horse and buggy to the men on the moon in her lifetime.
You said we could skip the getting dressed scenes, but I couldn't look away. It's just too much! We take lessons for things less complicated than putting on that day dress!
5 outfit changes sounds ridiculous, until I count out how many times I change in a day and realise it's *6 times*
1) Birthday suit to comfy clothes
2) Comfy clothes to work clothes
3) Work clothes to gym clothes, to go gym
4) Gym clothes to work/clean clothes (to take public transport back home)
5) Work clothes to comfy clothes
6) Comfy clothes to birthday suit
@Jadden Couture 1933 Your birthday suit is what you wore when you were born, ie nothing.
@Jadden_Couture_1933 The implication is that she sleeps naked instead of wearing nightwear.
@Jadden Couture 1933 they saying they sleep nude
Well technically if we consider a change as going from one set of clothes to another, then you're still doing 5 changes, but taking a break to sleep during one of them.
@Jadden Couture 1933 They do but you obviously don’t
My Nanna was Clarice Adelaide, she sadly passed in 1999. She still wore a corset, bloomers, stockings attached to the corset, underskirt, full slip for bust & down to mid thigh, underskirt/petticoat. Only in the summer heat would she consider taking off anything.
A lot of people will laugh at that but, to be honest, a lot of modern day heavy duty 'shapewear' isn't any better and I have no idea why women have gone back to it. I'm sure some of the really heavy duty, reinforced elastaned stuff must be far worse to get in and out of, rather like getting medieval armour on and some of it is so ugly.
Wow. Must have been exhausting as she got older
No way. What a fabulous woman.
@@kathymcel She did the same everyday until she was 90yrs old, without fail. She was rather sprightly before she got sick and then she struggled. However, knowing how she felt without them, I would help her the last few months. She’d say, “I’d be mortified if I had an accident and I was not ‘proper’ underneath.” Bless, even now, I miss her so much.
@@OliveDNorth Thank you so much.☺️ Yes, she was an incredible woman, and my best friend. She was kind, empathetic, loving, compassionate and incredibly funny. For a woman who, in her own words said, “I like to be ‘proper’ underneath.” (Always cracked me up) she had an extremely saucy sense of humour.🥰
My takeaway is that life was very structured during that time. Women learned to push aside discomforts like being sick, tired or stress and were cornerstones in their home. Their personal appearance carried over how their family was viewed. My mother had tried to get my great grandmother to wear a pair of pants under her dress in the winters of western New York in the snow belt, and she thought it was rubbish for women to wear men's clothes! :)
Well women still do push more over their personal discomfort than men and I think that is unfair.
@Celtic girl They would get arrested actually for wearing them but they persisted until the sheriff et al finally relented and allowed them to wear pants.
@Celtic girl “Great at first was the prejudice against any divided garment in Montana that a warning was given to me to abstain from riding on the streets of Miles City lest I might be arrested!’” There was huge protest, on the prairie it was fine but in the cities not so much.
@Celtic girl if you’ve never visited the rare historical photos website before you’d probably like it, it has a lot of history on women and their push to be able to wear whatever they wanted and work however they wanted to.
"Having reached its apotheosis in both form and function, fashion has no reason ever to change again."
Mood.
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Me as I sit in jeggings and a t-shirt.
As I pull out my favorite pair of leggings...
Me whenever I sew something new. I want to keep things lasting longer and if something fits, I'll wear it.
That telegraph killed me 😂You are hilarious! "your brother is dead STOP"
Hi 😊👋👋 I am arpit
Those of us of a Certain Age (80s kids) remember dressing up slightly to go to school, and then having to change into "play clothes" upon returning home. Also dressing up for church was A Thing until the 2000s when we all switched to Business Casual. One still gets changed several times a day- one would not go to yoga and then the office in the same attire, after all!
I was born in 1986 and went to school in the 90s. My mum made us change into play clothes as soon as we arrived home from school. I don't do this with my own kids and my mum just cannot understand why.
We sure all did switch to business casual didn’t we 😂
That’s why I love living in NYC. People tend to dress with more intention here 🙏🏾💯
The concept of changing clothes for the appropriate occasion hasn't changed. It's just that less occasions require formal wear nowadays.
as someone who struggles with not having enough hours in the day, i think id simply go insane over the amount of "wasted" time on clothing changes 😭
Its ok, this wouldnt be for you and me, this is for the kardashians of the era.
in our present time I think we waste so much More time doing seemingly 'important' things- because things are speeded up with so called modern conveniences - but in reality we cram our life full of unnecessary drama that puts the emphasis on accomplishing a million things before collapsing in bed. Back then they still had 24 hours in a day, but was filled with a social routine and much protocol and tradition. I find it fascinating and would love to interview women from that era to find out what they thought of us running around 'doing' a bunch of stuff
essentially, people always had some type of mornign and evening "i'm at home and don't have to impress anybody" type of loungewear
My dad’s mother inherited her grand-moms fire heated, heavy non-electric, clothes iron and still used it when my dad was a kid. It weighed a ton, but apparently once used to it, pretty much did the job, and could be used for life - not sure you could break it if you tried.
All the best parts of a BBC period drama, and none of the contrived plot twists. Loved every minute, thank you so much for sharing all the little getting-dressed details! That plaid workdress especially stole my heart. Would love info on whether you sew your garments and if so what patterns you use, or, if not, where you source them. Thank you!!!
I sew them. The patterns are generally from Truly Victorian or from Patterns of Time on Etsy.
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Oh my ... The 'going to market dress' was amazing. You must be an incredible seamstress.
@@AdelaideBeemanWhite WOW!!! I'm beyond impressed!!!
We're really not all that different now. I get up, change into my scrubs, go to work, come home, change OUT of my scrubs and into cozy home clothes, probably change again if I need to go to the store or something, and would also need a specialized outfit if I were going to a party or planning to work out. The Victorian wardrobe only seems weird to us because of the relative complexity and time required, but we still have functional costume changes today.
I go to work in my pj's, change there to scrubs and after I go home in my pj's again. If I go to the gym first I'll change into my gymclothes there, shower at the gym and go home in my pj's again.
@@ideljenny I blame my mom for not being comfortable wearing PJs out of the house, and a chronic illness that left me nearly bedridden for a few years with my discomfort wearing PJs at any time other than bedtime. I'm quietly jealous of people who basically just live in their PJs. I'm joining y'all sideways by buying soft t-shirts and a set of "exclusively for home" uber comfy scrub pants to lounge around in. They're BASICALLY PJs, but I still change before bed anyway. Oh well.
@@wordwoman9900 Sorry to pry Nand, by all means, please decline the offer if it is too invasive but I too have a chronic illness that also left me nearly bedridden for a few years. It is a very isolating experience and I have always wanted to talk to others in a similar position. Would you mind if kept in touch? maybe by email or something? Hope you are doing much better now x
But also does it take 5 to 10 whole minutes to change into your comfy clothes
On my days off I am mostly in my pjs. I actually put off going to the store or running errands because it requires me to put actual clothes on. I would never have survived in Victorian times 😬
Wow I'm honestly fascinated by the vacuum. I had no idea they were that old. I guess I just assumed they were invented around the 1940s/50s
Definitely NOT a labor saving device.
The original kinds of vacuum were so big they were drawn by horse and cart and was a service you’d pay for like a chimney sweep
I believe the vacuum was *technically* invented in the 1870s. From the 1890s to the 1920s you saw the advent of hand pump ones like the one in the video. The one in the video dates from 1913.
@@AdelaideBeemanWhite Definitely Edwardian and later. I didn't know they were affordable to the Middleclass Family, though. I'd thought they'd be for the Gentry and higher.
@@michellecornum5856 - Well, you gotta start somewhere. 😄
I have always done multiple clothing changes a day. First dog walking clothes, then a comfy sweater dress for most of the day, then change to go teach a yoga class, shower and change into clean clothes when it's not quite PJ hours yet
Her tea gown in modern day would be considered insanely fancy and worn to banquets, dinner dates, weddings, etc... Amazing
Omg my family was a legit stereotype 😂
My 11th great grandmother actually had 25 children, 21 of whom lived well into adulthood and my 10th great grandmother had 20 children, of whom 18 lived well into adulthood. Idk how either of them did it; it had to have been an absolutely wild house lol
You must have good genes for your ancestors to have survived so many births and for so many of the children to have survived to adulthood. Pregnancy and birth still come with risks even with all our modern medicine.
Damn.
Wow!
I will be seventy in March, born in 1953, there were 10 kids in my family and 12 in my ex-husband's family. We only had two, seems with each generation the number goes down drastically. In this generation some couples are deciding not to have any children at all. When I was a child birth control was rarely used and most families had farms; the extra kids helped with the farming. In my home the boys did the out side chores and the girls did the inside chores.
It was 100% the norm for the older children to do housework and chores. The burden wasn't all on the mother.
I mean, taking care of multiple young children without modern conveniences whilst ALWAYS heavily pregnant sounds like torture to me. It was a LOT of work, I'm not pretending it wasn't. but after the first few kids, you have help. Young children can and did help with dishes. Older children look after younger children and do more of the heavier work (like laundry). and if you have 25 kids, after the first 5 or 6 it's really just a formula, as they come along they bump the older kids into the next level of responsibility. Then the older ones get married; our ancestors would NEVER have had to care for 20 kids at one time. Unless they had all twins, which is another level of nightmarish. ;)
This is both very informative and HILARIOUS 😂 I hope Irish Maggie and the 27 children are doing well
Irish Maggie just turned 7. She was given a full 15 minutes off as a birthday present. 2 more children have gone missing, bringing the total down to 25.
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@@AdelaideBeemanWhite Irish Maggie must be the ripe old age of 8 now! Is she still as good?
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I always thought I wanted to live back in that era, but this has shown me that I’m glad I was born when I was!
This was great. My grandmother was born in 1900. My mom says she wore hat and gloves to town whenever they went. Her hat, gloves and shoes always matched.
honestly the modern equivalent would be changing out of your PJs into your athletic wear for a morning workout if you have one, then changing into work clothes, whatever those are for your profession, and then changing into more casual clothing (or athletic wear for an evening workout) for after work, before changing into you PJs once again for bedtime. I usually change about three or four times a day, personally. And of course we have specialized clothing as well, swimsuits and cycling clothing might look different today, but they still exist. Motor cyclists have their own special gear, and I've got an entire wardrobe of outdoor clothing for multiday hikes and camping.
I sleep naked and all i wear around the house is a robe.....i dont need all those clothes
@@andreakhaid agreed. I have my work clothes. As soon as I get home, I have house clothes. And since I'm a slob, I usually have to change into another pair of pajamas for bed.
The difference being that that takes a minute to 3 minutes max for each, and you are comfortable (except for the work shoes possibly) and in healthy material, not destroying your body, rib cage, internal organs and possibilitiy of a safe childbirthing procedure,....what the corsets destroyed -- not to mention the lack of oxygen to the brain. I have worn those corsets, and then had to run ....nope.
Yes, but it took so much longer to change with all the complicated clothes.
@@gwirgalon3758 Modern clothes also come with hairstyle changes and make-up time which did not exist back then, making change time about the same in many cases. Modern clothes are often made of plastic, so not really a healthy material. Corsets are not uncomfortable or restrictive unless you tight-lace, and many corsets had only cording and had no boning at all. I wear these clothes often and am perfectly comfortable and able to run if I need to. So long as a corset is properly shaped and properly fitted to you they're OK. Saying corsets were crushingly tight because it's possible (albeit not recommended) to tight-lace is like saying shoes are bad for you because 7" stripper heels exist.
Modern clothes are certainly more comfortable if you're lounging around or wearing slobby gear, but when dressed up I'm just as comfortable in Victorian clothes as modern clothes, sometimes more so.
This is absolutely awesome. I know we are all thinking how ridiculous it is to take this long to get dressed, but we sometimes spend just as long or more to do our makeup and hair when going out. We have decided to focus more time on that than clothing. Everything changes and stays the same. So appreciate your content and using the word "monobosom." 🤣
I fail at both eras, I barely spend time doing either lol
@@CampingforCool41 I think you are better off for it. It's a lot of time wasted on societal pressure.
Yes, indeed. It’s fascinating to me where we, through time, put our emphasis as women.
@@patriciaseybold7396 I wonder what changes are coming in the next 100 years!
@@CampingforCool41 I fail at both too, don’t worry. I wear practical clothing with no makeup or or anything done with my hair other than keeping it clean and brushing it. All in all it takes about fifteen minutes to go from getting out of bed to being ready to get out the door. Usually though it’s closer to twenty minutes. But there are other things I’d need to do such as feeding the cats and whatnot.so really I’m spending about half an hour.
My first instinctive guess for an answer to your headlining question is “failed escape”. Second would be “bramble under the bell”
So it's like having sweats on in the morning, putting jeans on to go out, maybe changing into an old shirt when you do chores, and if you have time wearing sweats again before you go to bed. Lovely information, loved the dresses, and thank you for showing us actually getting into them.
HOLY HECK!!! I had no idea women went through this, back then. I actually appreciate the putting on and taking off sequences, because they show us an approximation of the real difficulties. I also find it hilarious that you lounge around in various outfits, while there's a whole bunch of modern stuff in the background like the electric piano. Equal parts Snark and historical accuracy, combined to make a really great video. Thanks for the effort!
Yes, the amount of time it took to change clothes was unbelievable. I, too, was caught up in the irony of modern furnishings with old fashioned dresses.
It wasn’t lost on me that women back then added padding to mimic “curves” (bust, hips, bum), but people who have those curves for real today are considered fat. Good grief, I guess society has always been ridiculous.
Women plump in certain places inferred fertility.
This was so fun and informative. I pity the husband trying to put all the 27 children in bed alone! In Finland the hats symbolised upper class. The working class people wore square scarves that were folded diagonally and tied under the chin. My grandma, who was a farm wife, still wore a scarf until she died. I think she only tool hers off to sleep and to wash. Hats became more common in cities and then the countryfolk were gossiping about those folks that moved to the city and came back wearing a hat!
That’s so interesting!
Yes, old Russian Empire tradition.
Here in the United States, my mother and sisters and many women that we knew wore similar scarves when going outside to protect their hair from being mussed. I guess they must have quickly faded from fashionable favor in the early 1970's because the most of the younger women suddenly stopped wearing them. These days, it is truly a novelty to see a woman wearing a scarf on her head, though there have always been niche uses for them.
Working class women in the USA wore headscarves in the fall and winter instead of hats or stocking caps until the mid sixties.
@@galolito They lingered in fashion a little longer in southern Florida around Ft. Lauderdale and Miami in the first half of the 1970's, even among the young wealthy. It gets surprisingly cold in the winter, so their use makes sense. For most of the year when it was hot, women wore the lighter weight chiffon scarves. Just seemed strange how suddenly it dwindled to almost nothing, but fashion is known to be strange in many ways, so I guess it is par for the course.
I love your 'Censored' sign. I'm glad that you are keeping even your dressing section historically accurate. Love your morning paper commentaries. I also love your choice of music and your telegram. 😊🌺🌺
As a woman who is naturally pretty hot all the time, I’m sweating just watching this. My lord, I’m grateful to have been born in the era I was born in.
And can you imagine having to get these complicated dresses taken in or let out if you should ever lose or gain five or ten pounds? My weight fluctuates quite a bit. I can sew, but my goodness, I’d be sewing endlessly for the whole family, it seems.
That is why you use padding. If you lose a significant amount of weight, pad out the dead space. But it’s not even that necessary. My weight fluctuated by 25 pounds with these dresses, and they fit at all points along the road.
I was thinking the same thing exactly.
The best thing about old style fashions is most layers were thin and made of natural fibers for summer. Having worn full Tudor style outfit with a linen underdress linen blouse, cotton petticoat and linen skirt and blouse with stays (bust supporter) linen bloomers for undies and large straw hat I didn't overheat. The linen against my skin absorbed my sweat and aired out and dried. By swaying my hips my petticoat and skirt cooled me off
Also if you had a skirt with pleats you could let some out and it'll fit again. You gained 5-15 lbs ? Lossen your corset !
This was a wonderful and informative video. I dress vintage (1940's - 1950's) most days and I too change clothes a few times a day. Robe in the morning for breakfast, housedress for cleaning, and a nice dress for running errands. It goes to show how we haven't changed as much over the years as people would like to think.
this is the most realistic looking I've seen
@The Timeless Costume Maker. I think the clothes from post-WWII until the early 1960s overall showed the best combination of flattering and practical. The exceptions are sports clothing. I'm barely in my 60s, and miss the care people took when they went out in public, male and female.
I’m pretty modern! I change from a nightgown to gym sweats, then shower and change to work clothes or appropriate errand clothes, then shower when I get home and change into lounge clothes or “going out” clothes depending on what my boyfriend has planned.
@@Arkelk2010 I'm 61, and though I definitely remember the hippie days (my mom wore micro-minis, bell-bottoms, and beehive hair), I also well recall the white gloves and special hats for Easter Sunday -- there's even an old photo of me, somewhere, wearing those white gloves, when I was maybe 7 or 8, with a gorgeous brown dress that I truly loved - my hair was brown then, and so was my last name!
As some others have said, I was struck by how similar we really are today, I’ll wake up in my pyjamas, change into my robe, have coffee, change into my work out clothes, come home shower, change into my home casual clothes, if I have to go out I’ll put on my nicer ‘shopping’ clothes, when I come home I change back into my comfy clothes, then change again after dinner into my pyjamas again. So I’m probably doing even more dress changes then in the video. Of course the difference is mine take a couple of minutes, but I’d argue I’m doing way more washing 😅
Same! But instead of usi g a lot of time changing I spend the time in the bathroom on my phone, so I probably use same amount of time changing clothes 😅🤣🙈
lol! I don't think I changed as much as you did. Every morning, took a shower, got dressed, went to work, came home, stayed in same clothes, fixed dinner, ate dinner, took them off, took another shower, went to bed. When I went out to a wedding or something, dressed up, went to the event and came home, usually staying in my outfit because it was only an hour or two before I went to bed anyway, so didn't change.
the checkered dress she wears while cleaning is lowkey really cute?? I could definitely see that style coming back (w/o the corset lol)
I have some more modern things like this that my mom and grandma had taught me. Like, you DON'T leave the house in PJs (no matter how quick the run). They always put make up on (I rarely ever wear any, myself). But we also have "lounge clothes", aka not jeans or other bottoms that aren't just plain comfy! And then of course more fancy wear, or hiking specific clothing (things I'm not afraid to dirty or tear).
How did I end up here?! Who knows but so glad I did! The effort that went into this video and the women of the time are just unbelievable!!!! Loved every minute “your brother is dead STOP” hahahaha I’m obsessed
And the reveal that the maid is 6yo 😬😂
that produced a loud laugh myself !!
Exactly what I was thinking
I'm in the same predicament, well stated. I'm impressed too. thanks
I never know where I'll end up when I go down video rabbit holes at night, but I've found a lot of interesting ones.
The most interesting part for me was actually how quick the changes are when someone knows what they're doing.
This was a fascinating video, both highly education and entertaining! Thank you for leaving in the getting-dressed parts, they not only gave us a rare glimpse into how the various pieces of an outfit were put on, but it gave me a whole new appreciation for my own clothes and how easy they are to put on in comparison. The humorous bits were also a nice touch, especially those about the phone and plane being impossible, but airships from Mars were a plausible thing. Science? Never heard of that!
Marconi is wireless - not phone I believe but radio.
27 children, lol.
Having a lot of children was extremely common up until relatively recently in the West, and still happens quite frequently in the Global South.. Perhaps 26 was not frequent, but my grandfather was the youngest of 23 children, all single births, and we have a cousin on my mother's side who was one of 26 children, same mother-and in Ireland!
My grand mother had 8 pregnancies only 4 made it. My great great grandmothers had 8-10 kids.
I have no idea how the algorithm decided to randomly put this video in my recommended videos but I thoroughly enjoyed it! Thanks for the fun historic glimpse into the dress habits of our ancestors. ❤
Same!!
The vaccum! 😂
I love the video, and I laughed a lot. Seriously however, after a few months researching historical clothing, you get to understand they did things like us most of the time.
Tea gown after waking up and before going to bed = loungewear
Fashionable gown for outside = what people consider normal clothes (some jeans and t-shirt for a lot of people)
House dress = old comfortable clothes to do chores
And then it doesn't seem so far fetched.
Hilarious. Great personality she has and the newspaper segment bout airplanes for the future, and the letter was funny. 🤣Great detail and explaiing everything 👏 👌 💯
The same concepts of reasons to change clothes today as then, but much less elaborate.
In the A.M. I throw on a bathrobe. I'd go crazy with all the little ties and frills on a tea dress. Not to mention the whole corset routine. 😉
@Lina S this results in us having to wash all of our clothes more often. the layers meant that the clothes that touch the skin were the only ones to be laundered frequently. the outer layers stayed mostly clean (apart from travel and hemlines).
One thing she didn't note was the black ruffle on the hem of the work dress. So practical to not show dirt, be easily replaced if damaged, and hence support less frequent laundering = increased longevity of the clothes.
@@jenniferharris1280 we also have lots of pollution in the air so need to wash our clothes often. Also our skirts are usually much shorter than they wore in those days.
All I can say is those poor women. All those layers
I love that “working around the house dress” and would actually wear it.
I just want to point out something funny I noticed from your thumbnail. Photos back in the Victorian era took about 30 seconds to a minute to capture an image. So this girl held that bawling face for such a time. Aboslutely hilarious 😂😂😂
This is fascinating....
I almost had a panic attack while watching the buttoning of the going out dress...The thought of being trapped in an outfit was daunting...❣️
Same here. It was just too much. I'm so glad times have changed
Well, that was fun! I’m 62, and when I was a little girl, I remember playing with my great grandmother’s darning eggs and button hooks, and looking at-but not touching-her 4-inch-long hat pins. I still have my grandfather’s collar box full of celluloid collars. Times sure have changed. Dressing, so much easier!
I’m 57, and I have similar memories of visits to my great- and great-great-aunts.
It makes me sad that, with clothing so much easier to don and so much more accessible, so many people seem to take no thought for what they wear. _Walmart shoppers & airplane passengers, I’m looking at you_
@@llamasugar5478 comfort over appearance.
I also am 62 & I remember the darning egg! Ours was a brown wooden one that I thought looked like a wooden chicken leg. Our apartment building had a washer with a ringer & the sink had a washboard. My grandpa was born in 1898 & quite the fancy dresser. He wore garters for his socks, cuff links, coordinating hankies in breast pocket, pocket watch, tie bar & always a fedora with his suit. Oh, can't forget the suspenders & pinky ring!
I have darning eggs. I am 74. Bought them new to learn how to save more money. Easy to use.😊
@@lauracook8203 My mother used that type of washer when I was young. She used a washing board as well.
That was exhausting. All I could think during the changing montages, was “Thank GAWD for velcro, elastics, adhesives, and zippers”
knowing about how laundry was done, makes all these changes make a lot more sense
6yo Irish Maggie killed me! 😆 And the fact that you even included a disclaimer that people didn't have 27 children and didn't employ 6 year olds made me consider other extreme stereotypes that some people believe about the era, that should also come with a disclaimer. (But people did sometimes have 12 children and employ 12 year olds, so it was only a slight exaggeration!)
My husband is 49 and there were 13 children in his family. I am 34 and there were 16 children in my family. So some people still have large families they just don't necessarily employ children they send them to school.
As the oldest of 4 kids, I was 'employed' by my mom from the age of 4...always helping with chores and changing babies. can't imagine a 5 yr old dealing with diaper pins these days!.
I have a long time friend in indy who has been married to the same man since 1986 and has...wait for it..ELEVEN CHILDREN...most of them grown now with families of their own...all God fearing law-abiding people...she raised those kids right....
My Grandmother had 15 children. The first at 18 and the last at 48. She died in 1966 at the age of 93.
I know some people still have families that big, but it was a lot more common a century ago. In my own family there were a few people (like my grandfather's grandaunt, or my great-great-grandmother) who had 12-16 children and died from complications with their last pregnancy (at which point their husbands immediately married again and had another 2-3 children). I just picked 12 children as a likely average, and 12 as a likely age of employment, although some children started working at a younger age.
Can you imagine what a hot flash was like in all of those clothes? Props to these women!
Oh my goodness, what a delight this was to watch. You did an excellent job in clearly explaining each and every part of the video. My grandmother died at 106, and used to tell me about the clothing of her time. I am almost 70, and there's a part of me that wishes we could go back to people trying to look tidy when then went out. Thank you so much for your very hard work on this. Just wonderful.
i really enjoyed your video and I think people forget that we still do this today subconsciously! We have clothes we wear for work, sleep, going out to dinner, special events, lounging around the house, for cleaning, swimming, camping, exercise, maybe even travelling (I wear slacks on a plane or long trips because it's more comfortable). I find that I naturally change clothes usually when I go to the supermarket because I don't want people seeing me in my lounging clothes. This seems to be changing in society though as more people are wearing lounging clothes when they go out too.
I am 74 and my grandmother lived in a very small town in the middle of Texas. I remember that she always put on make up, a hat and gloves to go into town which was only a few blocks away. It seemed so curious to me at the time. My how customs change over time. Sometimes now in the cities, I have even seen people go to Walmart at night in their pajamas!!!!!!
people don't have standards anymore and don't care about reputation, I had to take long distance commute in summer with sweaty people wearing flip flops! It was so bad some people left to wait for other trains, how do I know, I was among one of them and we were furious such dirty individuals were allowed to ruin the trip for many.
Ugh in College (2007-2010) I saw so many girls show up to class in pajamas and ugg boots, hair barely combed. I went to a catholic highschool where we wore kilts, vests and knee highs so I was quite surprised hoe underdressed people were.
I’ve seen them at Walmart in pajamas during the day
Usually ill fitting dirty or stained pajamas and bunny slippers or ugly ass crocs with socks
I was raised in the 60's (1960's) and we "dressed" to go places... doctor's office, downtown, and of course church. We had "school clothes" usually one or two of the same outfits all week. and the play clothes which were immediately put on once home from school.
I still dress "nice" when I go somewhere and often get comments (and some compliments) about being nicely dressed.
You make some good points. People hear something about the past and just repeat what they hear without thinking. Maybe rich women changed five times a day, but not my grandma and great-grandma. I knew my grandma, born in 1883, well and she told me a lot of things. You are right about the "house dress" for in the morning. "Get your work done up in the morning," was the saying. And in our family a lot more of the work was done by the women of the family. They did have a maid, but the maid was usually pretty incompetent. My grandma never forgot the maid who emptied the leftover tea out the window all over my grandma's new blouse! She had made it of white lawn with pin tucks and insertion and it was beautiful. When it was done she dampened it and ironed it and hung it on the line to let the dampness thoroughly dry. And the maid threw the tea all over it! Grandma had no confidence in servants. After housework, etc. in the morning grandma (and great-grandma, b. 1867) got cleaned up and put on afternoon clothes. If they were not going out, these would not be elaborate gowns, but nice enough to receive a friend if they dropped in. By the time my grandma was grown, about 1900, there was a telephone and groceries were ordered by phone and delivered, so there was no need of a market basket with your good clothes. If you went out shopping or paying calls you changed back into the house dress to cook dinner and unless there was company coming you stayed in that dress until bedtime. Something you don't mention is a "combing jacket." I still have one of these made by my grandma. It is made of a strip of light toweling. A slit is cut and an opening for the neck to make something to throw over the shoulders after one is dressed while you comb your hair. That way any hairs that fall, fall on the combing jacket and not your clothes. The one I have is finished around the edges with pretty crochet work. I hope you find all this interesting, as I found your video!
@@KrisD007 Is that supposed to be sarcasm? Back then only the poorest households didn't have "hired help." The machines that do much of the work around the house now didn't exist then. Instead the work was done by human hands and if you could afford to you hired people. Being a maid-of-all-work was an entry-level job for young women at a time when there were not many job options for women. Of course there were competent maids. But as anyone knows who has tried to find "help," the problem was to find one.
@@KrisD007 Why do you use quotation marks on "machines"? I'm sorry to hear your great-grandparents were not able to afford to hire help. Where did they live? Slavery has not existed in the USA since 1865
@@dorothywillis1 , you might want to re-examine that. Slavery might have been outlawed, but attitudes and the way people were treated didn't change.
@@rosalie4797 No, I deal in facts. And I resent your insinuation that my family treated any servants they might have had badly. You can say what you will, but my participation is at an end.
You were well off compared to the situation my ancestors grew up in. I guess they would be called peasants. Maybe they were the hired help. 😊😊
Aprons are supremely practical! And you can customize them for purposes… the sewing one with pockets for yarn and needles and scissors… the splash protecting cooking one…
I love how Irish Maggie was six years old. But of course! Child labor was all the vogue!
So fun! Thank you for all of you creativity. Underarm shields and waist tapes - two things I’ve not seen other you-tubers mention.
They are very important!
I second this! I had no idea they existed 😳 Well, I was especially surprised by the underarm shields. I think I other TH-camrs would always wear a longer sleeve on their chemise
Underarm shields are still useful, especially with silk garments.
Yes I too noticed the underarmm shields
Definitely the same today. I've always had pajamas, work/house/yard clothes, town clothes, and clothes I throw on when someone pops up and I need to look presentable for visiting. I don't change into each of these every single day (because the life of an introvert means visiting is rare) but I have very specific outfits for very specific times.
The contrasting collar on your green plaid dress is adorable
That market dress was divine!
If anyone didn’t know that the 27 children wasn’t a joke, well…great video. Things definitely moved slower. Even in my day with pantyhose, big hair, makeup, slips, etc., it was just what you did but in retrospect, it was a lot of work.
Very interesting, and changing process is not boring. It shows how much energy and patience those ladies must had had to deal with all the corsets, covers, underskirts etc
I'm totally exhausted just watching this.
My routine: Shower, hair and make-up, jeans or pants, blouse or t shirt. Worn all day until bedtime.
And it shows me that if I'd have been able to afford it, I would have employed someone to dress me so it was quicker lol
I used to wonder why women don't pass out like in the days of old. This is why...
She could have literally worn NOTHING under that frumpy brown dress, she would have been MUCH cooler and more comfortable, and NO ONE would have bee the wiser!
@@finallythere100 But a "lady" of her social standing would never DREAM of such a "vulgar" (common) practice among those less well-off in society!!
I love the care that you put into each of the ladies’ outfits - just like a lady would have taken. I particularly like the little details, like Ms. working class’s beautiful lace collar and gloves.
My paternal great grandmother use to change three times a day but by the 1950s it got down to two times as they didn’t have as many staff. You had an outfit for the morning. Then change into an outfit for having visitors in the afternoon then an outfit for dinner in the evening. The only other change would be if going for a walk or riding that would require two different kind out outfit. You couldn’t wear a walking outfit to ride as the skirt was more straight. A friend of the family managed to embarrass herself by trying to go side saddle in her walking skirt. As she got on the horse the skirt moved upwards exposing her knee to the shock of her friends and the delight of my male relative who wrote about her alabaster knee in his diary.
Dress shields, armpit/sweat pads are still in use by many women in our era. Some things are a good idea and stick around.
That 1850's dress with the lace is lovely.
I wore dress shields in the fifties and sixties since I sweat a lot. I laughed
When I saw them in the videos!
@@dianemarrah3504, I can remember my Mom wearing dress shields starting in the late 1960's. One of my HS teachers in the 70's used to wear them, too.
Where can we buy dress shields now???
I love how you placed each outfit into context and explained the practicality that the outfits could serve. Thanks including the wardrobe changes. I love to see how different outfits can come together.
My grandmother was a dressmaker back in that time. I grew up with a trunk of costumes that I loved!
The bit about leg-of-mutton sleeves reminds me of the Skinny Jeans Purists
This was a fun way of not only seeing into the mechanics of Victorian costuming, but also to learn more about daily life. Thank you
You’re very welcome! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
My grandmother, born in 1890, didn't change her clothes five times a day. She had one dress for weekdays and one Sunday dress. She raised my mom the same way. And my grandmother didn't wear a corset. I don't know how she stood it with her "great tracts of land," but she wore no support whatsoever.
*Me thinking to myself at the beginning * ugh this is going to ruin my algorithm if I click on this girl, I already follow an old time clothing channel…
* 5 mins lay-tier* SUBSCRIBED 🙌🏼
My grandmother was born a Victorian middle class daughter, about 1895 and when I was growing up in the 1960s she changed clothes in the middle of the day - no Irish Maggie in the picture. She wore a 'morning dress' to make breakfast and do household chores and to have a morning tea break (Elevenses). After lunch I think I remember (I was wee) she would put on another dress, newer (the morning dress had previously been an afternoon dress) in which she would entertain if friends came, or spend her afternoon knitting or writing letters. All the 'chores' were done in the morning. I don't recall a different outfit for making dinner or after dinner, but the change of clothes blew my little pre-hippie mind. She also had that weekly routine the rhyme celebrates. Something like this but not quite as baking had to be more like bread on Monday but...:
Monday: Wash Day ~ Tuesday: Ironing Day ~ Wednesday: Sewing Day ~ Thursday: Market Day ~ Friday: Cleaning Day ~ Saturday: Baking Day ~ Sunday: Day of Rest.
Much of her workday on the farm -did I mention that?- was very Depression Era well into my childhood. By the time she died, she wore (Heavens!) trousers but that was well into the 1960s. Could you research and do a similar thing as this video on Depression Era middle class as she would have still been culturally though her economic status as a farm wife had become rather working class?
Thank you. LOOOOOOVED this! -Kerry
Have you ever thought about making historical comedy skirts? Your sarcastic jokes and non chalant delivery had me in stitched! Plush fishie accompanied by two whole lemons is now forever in my heart
It does sound fun, when I get the time.
My grandmother, who had a large part in raising me, was born in 1891. Her mother must have worn the middle or working class clothes. It was a pleasure to watch your video! It helped me to visualize their lives and feel close, rather than remote, to my great grandmother. Thank you!
@@80sCanadian Ahhh, that's lovely. I liked your comment, Thanks for making it! My Grandmother was the center of my world and I wished I'd asked her more questions about her early life. We don't think of that when we're young. Like you and your aunt, memories of her are precious and I was blessed to have as much time with her as I did.
Good vid. I read a lot of period novels. I’d be greatly interested in the changing for upper class dining and going to balls, teas, musicales and paying calls.
Very similar to today, I think. I wear my pajamas while I have breakfast with my kids, change into something to clean, change again to work out, again if I have to run errands, then back to pajamas at bedtime.
I have an iron, just like the one shown, from my grandmother who was born in the late 1870s. She gave birth to my father when she was in her mid 40s. When I was a teenager, I heated that iron on the stove and did all my ironing with it. Thought it was one of the coolest things ever, and no getting burned by steam. Really enjoyed this.
I can't imagine wearing so many "layers" of clothing, it seems like it would be stifling and so very uncomfortable. 😱 Just discovered your Channel, LOVE this !!!
I'm feeling suffocated already just seeing all those layers, lol
My regular day wear consists of long wide gypsy skirts that I regularly wear a cotton petticoat underneath, in fall and winter I pair them with Merino wool sweaters and it's rare that I'm ever cold or too hot (brassiere and undershirt/camisole also lol).
Wearing clothing made out of natural materials really is a game changer with wearing so many layers! You just can't do the same thing with modern fast fashion because it's all made out of plastic and you'd suffocate, dehydrate and be at the mercy of those layers and the weather.
All this in Texas! In the summer I keep the skirts and petticoats because they're not hot at all but I'll ditch the wool sweater and Skip around in my camisoles which is very unvictorian of me. In the Summers I very much Flex Gypsy but Winters are for Victorian dress : )
Few years ago I came to the conclusion that there was no point in having all this costume clothing around me if I didn't actually wear it more than twice a year and I've never been happier with that choice despite all the layers!
Cheers doll!
@@blowitoutyourcunt7675 Thank you for the information but we also have to take into consideration different climates and the individuals body disposition where heat is concerned. What maybe comfortable for you may not be the same for another. It's wonderful that you're able to enjoy dressing this way.
@@blowitoutyourcunt7675 Wow...I always heard that people in the middle east, for example, where temperatures reach extremes must wear many layers to keep them cool, but I never looked into it further just thought they looked so hot. Lol.
Thank you so much for sharing your insight, I'm going to definitely be thinking about the clothes I obtain from now on. 😘
this was fun to watch. i have old photos of my great-grandmothers wearing skirts that covered their ankles, with long sleeves and high necks. but, fashion has changed, even in my lifetime. i was born in 1929, and as an young woman, i always wore a hat and gloves if i left the house. in warm weather, the gloves were sheer and white, and the hat was likely to be made of straw, decorated with flowers and a veil. shopping, church, or visiting friends meant wearing a dress made of wool, velvet, or gabardine. in warm weather, eyelet, silk, moire, etc. and, you always wore high-heeled shoes and nylon stockings with these.
at home you wore a cotton "house dress," flat-heeled shoes, and cotton ankle socks. a cotton apron protected your dress while you cooked or washed dishes. it was a big change when women began to wear slacks, in the 1950's.
Thank you so much for this insight! It’s fascinating for me to hear firsthand accounts in history.
Hilarious the way she states the historical facts... "then you welcome your 27 children from school, make sure you count them, you wouldn't want another one to go missing now would you..?"🤣
My grandmother, born in 1898, said that her elders argued over whether it was proper to only wear one petticoat or if you had to wear two!
I wear seven 😮
"Irish Maggie does her best, but she's only 6 years old..."
That part really got me 😂
But honestly, I sometimes change several times a day for practical purposes, for example, if I'm going to do some gardening or grimy housework, I'll put on some older clothes I don't mind getting dirty. I also like to put on something more comfortable when I get back from work, and then into pajamas right before bed (though sometimes I'll just go straight to the pajamas). The main difference seems to be that it takes me about 2 minutes to change rather than 5+.
Honestly, dead. Go Irish Maggie
This was something I was going to add to mine but edited for length. My mom has 7 or 8 different levels of "appropriate" dress and changes for each level with a rare crossover that could work... bedtime which works from evening ablution to after breakfast, housework (once it has holes or is threadbare goes in the tag bag and she has no actual t-shirts), home casual (receiving the public at home,) shopping casual, office, lunch or dinner out outfit, evening out and then Sunday. 😵💫😓
Despite being brought up with this I've whittled it back to bedtime t- shirt (usually worn with last casual outfit on previous day), casual once the household is active and possible receiving the public, "would be in my mother's rag bag" for grungy/ painting, etc activities, office/ church, and finally dressy/ church. (I am a musician and perform so for me that last is like a costume.)
Now my adult son is whittled back to grunge/ bed and work/dress suit and shirt. So shameless! 😆
With working at home and during Covid lock down I bet some only changed once every day or 2. 😯
We definitely have fewer boundaries and expectations of our clothes as time passes now.
My grandmother left home to work as a full time, live-in "mother's helper" when she was 8 years old. Evart, Michigan, 1900. My father began working full time at the age of 12, in 1944.
Irish Maggie definitely took me out 😅 very funny and informative
The mercerized cotton suit is gorgeous 😍 I love how people would “dress up” to go out in public.
i just love Victorian type clothes women looked so glamourous but boy was it hard work/i got myself a corset and black skirt bloomers gloves and hat and white blouse with frills with a black cardigan with bunched up shoulders and have gone out several times just to get the feeling off what it was like. i really loved the feeling of swishing my skirts//thankyou so much for your vid i really enjoyed it /you look fabulous /much love x
My favorite dress is the working dress. This was so interesting, especially considering my great grandmother and great grandfather lived during this time and I knew them very well. My kids, both in there mid 40s even knew my great grandmother. It’s just fascinating to think about how much the world changed in her lifetime and also in my lifetime.
Very informative and it made sense ! we have modern clothes for: work, the gym, for going to parties, church , the "club" etc it's honestly no different just a bit less layering
I used to think, "Well, without Netflix what did people do with all their extra time?" They tied 40 strings and hooked 75 buttons apparently.
So (for middleclass) this is basically the equivalent of replacing your pajamas with a sports bra, hoodie and sweat pants after getting up, then getting properly dressed later to go grocery shopping (and you put on that one fancy piece because today you're feeling extra cute), then maybe replacing your new fancy blouse with a normal tshirt to clean your flat later. In the evening, you change back into your sweatpants to chill and then in your pajamas for bed. Doesn't seem so out of place now that I think about it 🤔