To: Tax-chick
I finally figured out what the fashions of 1856-58 remind me of. They make the wearers resemble giant, ornate badminton birdies.
7 posted on
01/01/2018 6:47:45 AM PST by
Homer_J_Simpson
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
8 posted on
01/01/2018 6:49:32 AM PST by
Tax-chick
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
Although, now that I think of it, I believe they were still calling the game “battledore and shuttlecock” at the time, so the ladies appear as giant shuttlecocks.
9 posted on
01/01/2018 6:51:02 AM PST by
Tax-chick
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