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LECTURES & PRESENTATIONS
Layer by Layer How Women Dressed in the 1860s
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A Victorian TeaI: The scene and a few basics
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| 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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© Stamford
Historical Society
Photos © Nancy Louth, Stamford Historical Society (1)
| The Scene is set / a few basics Layers Dressing up Ready to go to the tea |
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