I finally found the two Godey's Lady's Books that I bought 30 years ago (I was an old-magazine and Victorian enthusiast way back then, too). One is a Christmas issue so I'll wait and make some posts with it in December. But the other one is the July 1867 issue, perfectly in season. So here is what the well-dressed lady was wearing on the beach 142 years ago. I tried to adjust the colors so that we could see what the dresses must have looked like back when the magazine was hot off the press.I wonder what these fine ladies are planning to do. Skip stones? Play volleyball? Go crabbing? (I know that I would be crabbing if I was wearing one of these outfits).
And I wonder where the two little people in the background are running off to?
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Ohh, they would be lovely to browse through, thanks for sharing, Lidian!
Hubby was walking past and I showed him the fashions on the beach.
His response?
"Oh, nice! Bring them back, I say" LOL.
Those two are men, of course, and they are almost certainly engaged in some sensible pastime such as fossil hunting.
Jayne - I don't think we'll be bringing these fashions back anytime soon! lol
Brett - This is because they are able to move around, since they aren't hampered by miles of flouncy fabric and crinoline...
Can you imagine wearing this much clothing on a hot summer day? Just shoot me now! www.satisfiedsole.com
Pam - No, I can't! Glad not to have been in fashion in 1867...
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