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Monday, October 6, 2025
Pantalettes in fashion plates
And this one a lady's seaside costume of, IIRC 1815 which I used for Amelia in the William Price books as her shipboard wear
Generally speaking, the older the girl, the longer the skirt over the pantalettes
Thank you, that's very helpful! And how interesting that a "bathing place evening dress" uses a fashionable imitation of the pantalette tradition - it could easily slip from invoking girlish innocence to being fashionably risque.
considering the inclusion of a bonnet and a scarf, I suspect it may have been mislabelled and should have been walking dress; it doesn't look like evening garb to me.
Thank you, that's very helpful!
ReplyDeleteAnd how interesting that a "bathing place evening dress" uses a fashionable imitation of the pantalette tradition - it could easily slip from invoking girlish innocence to being fashionably risque.
considering the inclusion of a bonnet and a scarf, I suspect it may have been mislabelled and should have been walking dress; it doesn't look like evening garb to me.
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