Here is an anecdote from - serendipitously enough - May 11, 1867, showing that despite the hazards of wearing an enormous circular steel structure under your dress, it could on occasion be just exactly what you needed.
The Fulton Ferry was leaving the Manhattan slip for Fulton Street, Brooklyn 142 years ago today, and it was very crowded. A woman fell off the deck, but was saved by her enormous, buoyant crinoline - a life preserver as well as a fashion statement.The perfect illustration, drawn in 1859, is from the New York Public Library Digital Gallery.
Coming up: Humbug Oil and the woman who invented it.
9 comments:
Wow!
LOL
Hairball - Yeah, indeed.
Jayne - LOL for sure.
Let's hear it for the life saving properties of hoopskirts!
Just don't try to drive a small car in one. I tried. I wasn't pretty.
Condo Blues - I am trying to picture that and it is hard to do :)
Crinoline for once serving a useful purpose.
So, just who invented them? My money is on a man.
-fM
fM - That is exactly what my elder DD said when I mentioned this post...
This is precious! I knew those skirts had to be good for something. www.satisfiedsole.com
Pam - Also handy for parachuting!
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