The Art of the Hoop: 1860 - 1869: Fashion, Sewing, and Clothing Care Advice
The great desire of a fashionable woman of the present day, is to possess a costume which is like nothing ever seen before. Peterson's Magazine, April 1865The art of the hoop was an everchanging…
Specifikacia The Art of the Hoop: 1860 - 1869: Fashion, Sewing, and Clothing Care Advice
The great desire of a fashionable woman of the present day, is to possess a costume which is like nothing ever seen before. Peterson's Magazine, April 1865The art of the hoop was an everchanging ideal. During the 1860s the shape of the crinoline shifted from a simple cage-hoop to panniers, with styles updating almost monthly. Ladies of means seemed desperate to stay a la mode, and even middle-class women tried to keep up.Fashion magazines were studied and dissected, scoured for details on how each effect was created, how seams were manipulated, and where hems fell. They learned why changes were made, when they went out of date, and how to recreate the styles they liked. And, of course, the American civil war intruded.But the 1860s were difficult for dressmakers, since fashions changed so rapidly. Styles cycled between the ages, from Louis XV. to Marie Antoinette, and even tried forays