More pink fluff

[robinsnest]

Lets talk underwear shall we?

So I own ONE bustle.....

And that's just not the shape of my delicious pink confection. My hour of perusing fashion plates this morning makes me think it's early 1870s or even 1869 somewhere in that strange transition between the elliptical hoop and the bustle.

So what the heck does one put under that? I have the option of TV108 with my awesome employee discount. So the real question is anyone ever made it? Do you think the two bones around the entire bottom would help with the very round shape?

Comments

[estela-dufrayse.livejournal.com]

At the Halifax Citadel, the year is perpetually 1869. I did try a couple of the new styles of 1870, but used the round hoop and got favourable results. The shape has more to do with the skirting being tied up than an actual bustle, though a ruffled petticoat over the round hoop works nicely too.

Unfortunately, I don't have any photographs from that era. It was back when digital cameras used big 3" floppy disks!

[myladyswardrobe.livejournal.com]

I have fallen hook, line and sinker for the styles seen between 1867 and 1870. That's thanks to Kentwell of course with their new Victorian events which are also permanently fixed in 1869.

Really hoping I get my voile finished this summer ready to wear in CoCo this year.

[estela-dufrayse.livejournal.com]

I have to say that I am a big fan of the transition era too, much more variety in styles to chose from than in other more extreme Victorian periods.