DECADES OF FASHION

Bodice Buttons- In the ‘60s the women had bodices that buttoned down the front. This made it easier for a woman to dress themselves and as the decade went on the buttons became more of a statement piece because the buttons gradually grew and size.

Jockey Waist- The Jockey waist appeared to shorten the torso of a woman and with a variety of lines on a dress the faked the eye into believing that the woman’s waist was higher than it actually was.

Contricting Cosets- Everyone wore corsets, every day, all day. There would seem that at certain points in a person’s life that they would not wear corsets. For example: when you are a small child, when you are doing straining tasks (like riding a horse), and when you are pregnant. WRONG! there were special corsets made for children and pregnancy and both men and women would wear a corset while on a horse to keep their back straight, isn’t that weird!

Oval Hoop Skirts- The skirt style began to change in the ‘60s. It was more fashionable if a dress was flatter and narrower in the front and fuller in the back to appear they had a large bottom. As this style came into fashion, the oval hoop skirt was created to give exactly this look.

Fashion Cords-  Fashion cords were used by the woman wearing a dress to try and keep their skirt clean and not have it dragging on the ground. There would be wire strings that the owner could pull to have their skirt lift off the ground if they had to go through mud or over dirty streets.

Unproporional Short Waists- As shown in outfits including the Garibaldi shirt with a full skirt, the waist of an outfit normally would have appeared about two or three inches under a woman’s breast which is about one or two inches above the natural waist of a woman.