.. Grand Opening Ceremony of the Cody Heritage Museum, Cody, Wyoming! Five young women “meeted and greeted” famous (& notorious?) people, and “acquaintenced with” others in the know about the “Wild” part of the “West”. What a lovely day to celebrate history! (Gals Rachel, Tiss, Jacinta, Sary, and Kateri made …
Not sitting too long our our laurels or our bustles after that big parade victory last week, the Buffalo Gals are appearing today (Thursday, July 19, 2018) at the Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting of the Cody Heritage Museum in downtown Cody, Wyoming. We’re excited to get into our corsets …
… throughout the Victorian Era. While the main job of middle class women in the 1840’s was to be the social representative for their husband, most did not have a serving woman to help them get dressed. These cartoons from 1830 (left) and 1840 (right) indicate that most likely the …
… when the Civil War ended. Although a fictional character, Scarlet O’Hara told the tale of the extreme of women’s fashion. At the time of the early to mid Victorian era, the American south did indeed lead the fashion movement in the U.S., although the dictates still came from England …
.. in the early Victorian Era. Busks and metal boning became stronger, and the rib cage started to move from its normal position. By the 1860’s, the 13″ waist of Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone With the Wind” would be possible due to her corset. (Corsets: left 1850 and right 1860 …
.. in that they were shorter and less pointed through the front. The metal busk (front metal part that hooks to close it) had been invented, allowing for increasingly strong cinching and the ability to shape the body. As with the corset on the right, “lips” were added for attaching …
… a corset of course! By the early 1820’s, the metal grommet had been invented, allowing for tight lacing. By the 1840’s the corset had become a shaping instrument to mold the body to fashion. The corset changed gradually between the early Victorian 1840’s into one with a tighter waist …
.. in the early days of the 1840’s could be accomplished by wearing freshly laundered detachable white collars and false undersleeves called engageantes. Both were made of delicate lacework. (Portraits: Two women of 1845 of high fashion. Note the looong pointed waist, lacework on collar, large sleeves, and in these …
… is associated with our vision of the Victorian era. This is part of the demure and delicate image desired in the early part of the queen’s reign. The boned bodice of 1845 with its very elongated “v” shape, plus the drooping shoulder seam line meant that women’s arm movements …
.. much narrower, but still had the dropped shoulder. The bodice of a gown in the Early Victorian era was tight fitting and pointed in front; much longer and with a small, tight fitting waist. It was accomplished through restrictive corsets and extensive boning in the bodice itself. They also …
