FSN 302 Lecture Notes - Frock Coat, Tailcoat, Informal Attire
6 Feb 2014
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Little difference between male costumes from 1880s and 1890s except increasing use of informal attire. Caddish to wear anything but frock coat or morning coat in town lounge suits could be blue serge or patterned tweed. Permissible to wear a fancy waistcoat, sometimes extremely patterned. Ties and bows: some were ready made, height of collar increased throughout decade until it became a real choker . Female: bustle finally disappeared, horizontal skirt draperies disappeared as well, dresses were smooth over the hips and made to fit snugg, made to fit tight by cut on the cross. Impossible to cross the street without holding up the long skirt with one hand, the gesture inevitably displayed the lace frilling of the petticoat, which seems to have had at this period an erotic appeal. Shoes = comparative high heels and rounded toes lace ups. Stockings always black thread in day silk in evening. Fashionable to wear long suede gloves at night.
