Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Simpler times: 1830


--From Belle assemblée--

Pictured from left to right: a carriage dress, evening dress, and dinner dress. God help you if you went by carriage to someone's house, had dinner, and then stayed for the evening.

And think about ironing!

2 comments:

Pete said...

And the hats! A hat for each outfit. An not just any ol' hat will do. Extra fancy, please.

chickelit said...

And think about ironing!

I think they had steamrollers then, or at least steam on wheels.