WHAT MOTHER WORE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19682, 27 December 1933, Page 10

WHAT MOTHER WORE

FASHIONS OF THE ’EIGHTIES. In 1824 “stays” were very tight. Sr tight that many people did not know how to lace them properly. This wa.s the correct way, according to a fashion journal of the time:— “When lacing the new stays, the young lady should lie face downward on her bedroom floor and her mother should place her foot in the small of her daughter’s back in order to obtain good purchase. There should be then no difficulty in making the stays meet.” Among other interesting points are: Smart hats in 1825 had to be trimmed with at least 120 feet of ribbon. In 1830 rubber balloons were used to puff out ladies sleeves. In 1835 a London weekly paper said that “gentlemen can hardly hear themselves speak in the drawing rooms of London for the noise made by the buckram stiffening of the ladies’ dresses.’’ “Crinoline’’ was the name given to a horsehair petticoat worn by every woman in 1840. It was later used for a style of dress. Ribbons which hung down from the hat over the shoulde-s in 1870 were known as “Follow-me-Lads. In 1883 smart women wore earrings like railway engines.

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