Lectures and Presentations

Introduction
The Scene is set / a few basics
Layers
Dressing up
Ready to go to the tea

Layer by Layer  How Women Dressed in the 1860s

presented November 2, 2003 at the annual Victorian Tea
by the Stamford Historical Society and Jane Sabatelli

I: The scene and a few basics

The scene is set
Jane Sabatelli in her dressing gown, waiting to begin the lecture. The stage is set a little tea table

The dressing table
A few basics
A chamber pot was a personal indispensable necessity. Hairpieces were commonly added to a woman's own tresses, curled with heated curling irons, for formal evening wear. Hosiery consisted of long, white stockings for summer, or black stockings for winter, with garter bands to keep them up. A sample of high topped shoes, buttoned or laced, normally worn by women for daytime footwear. A sample of high topped shoes which were normally worn by women for daytime footwear.
A chamber pot was a personal indispensable necessity. Hairpieces were commonly added to a woman's own tresses, curled with heated curling irons, for formal evening wear. Above: Hosiery consisted of long, white stockings for summer, or black stockings for winter, with garter bands to keep them up. Above right: A sample of high topped shoes, buttoned or laced, normally worn by women for daytime footwear.

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Photos © Nancy Louth, Stamford Historical Society (1)
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