Debunking Victorian myths.1. Dressing up Victorians

' Sure you do look nice, but gosh, it must have taken you ages to get it all on!'
Working as a historical interpreter, I have met with this myth often - people just think it took hours to get dressed in all the layers.
Recently the issue even emerged on the Sewing Bee ( episode 4.3). And whereas it is true that it did take more time than donning our modern garments, Getting dressed was not a very long process.
In the video I am showing exactly how long it would take - I have sped up the footage for the clarity - otherwise the video would be rather boring, watching someone doing a reverse strip tease over 10 minutes....).
I have demonstrated two different eras, the crinoline styles and the bustle styles.
You can also see that it is indeed possible to get dressed on your own - although I must say help is always welcome, specially if you are less flexible or suffer from arthritis in you fingers for example. Also, it sort of goes without saying that if the dress is fastened at the back, with buttons, lacing, hooks and eyes etc, then help may be needed o matter how flexible you are :-)
Hope you find it enjoyable - i would recommend simply fast forwarding on the boring moments ( buttoning things up...)
the film is a part of a series and a project - The Victorian Dressmaker - find us on facebook - The-Victoria...

[@Kfaircloth13457]

People need to remember that the average women would have been getting dressed like this all their lives! Like most modern women have their makeup routine down to an art form. Dab this, highlight that. Smear this, brush there...we don't think about it anymore. The same applies to getting dressed. If you've always done it, it isn't hard for you.

[@MissMaria1988]

Katie Faircloth This is clothing for more wealthy women, the workingclass or the farmers did not dress with all of this.

[@gratiaseia]

Missy they do dress like this but only on special occassions.

[@h.m.perdue8358]

Soooooooo..... I'm seeing that I'm not crazy for liking to wear shorts under my dresses....

[@Ezzylryb]

@@h.m.perdue8358 who df doesn't wear shorts under dresses? unless you want your panties seen by other men go ahead, don't wear shorts...

[@chickadeestevenson5440]

meanwhile my morning involves throwing on whatever and making sure there was no feline mischief that went on during the night.

[@flo_wer]

i do love my simple shirt and jeans but danggg, sometimes i wish i could wear something like this normally...i'd be twirling around the dress nonstop haha

[@xXximanemogirlxXx]

Who says you cant?

[@pigeonpower42]

Do it you coward

[@marys.8379]

@@xXximanemogirlxXx likely money

[@klallamcedar0099]

@@marys.8379 it's always money and the inability to sew for me

[@americanpidgeot6486]

@@klallamcedar0099 learn to sew, problem solved lol.

[@sydwaltz381]

it's actually kinda funny that what we wear today is actually considered their underwear

[@kreeesqeeel]

Mate, some/most people wear less than what was considered underwear

[@morithedoll7537]

I feel so under dressed now >-

[@enma4474]

😂

[@luging2051]

coco were talking about cloths here

[@rubya.p4437]

Opposite in some country, our today underwears are their normal clothes.

[@corknaut]

me: it's past midnight, i have tutoring tomorrow. the year is 2019, i'm not going to need to know how long it takes to get dressed in victorian engla- my brain: but what if your whole life has been a dream? what if you wake up tomorrow and find yourself in 1800s england? what if you're the first victim of a sleep-time-travelling hybrid phenomenon? you'll have to adapt. you can't take that risk. watch the goddamn video. me: yes chef thank you chef

[@TruthSayer2007]

KEM An - Lol Yes chef. 🤦🏻‍♀️😝

[@MoondustManwise]

I am literally doing the exact same thing. Perhaps we shall become time traveling sleepers as a group.

[@Fairjayne]

Lol you watch too much anime 😆

[@paintitpeachydontforgetthe539]

KEM An same XD

[@Maya-sq4yc]

My exact thoughts😂

[@xlovedrocellxx]

awesome video! i love how you jumped and such to straighten out the skirt, it reminded me that our predecessors aren't as stiff as they were in photos :)

[@Sigart]

Speaking of, did you know that there are photos of, e.g. couples that broke down laughing because they couldn't hold the serious mask they were expected to hold for the photo? A photograph, because it was expensive and because of the culture at the time, was seen as Serious Business and people were expected to hold "dignified" expressions for this reason.

[@rachellawhead6923]

I do a lot of period re-enactment type stuff- and I do the same thing! Glad I’m not alone!

[@LiveManga37]

@@Sigart i thought part of the reason they had straight faces is because early cameras took minutes to take the photo and it was hard to hold a smile for that long.

[@Sigart]

@@LiveManga37 They didn't take that long. They did take longer than the fraction of a second modern cameras took, but compare it to paintings of earlier times; no one smiled for those either, even if it would have been just as easy to paint a smile as not.

[@celestewatson4874]

@@LiveManga37 that's correct. Long exposure, so long time to hold an expression to get a clear image - which one wanted, given the expense. Easier when not a smile, which can waver, or turn into grimace ruining image.

[@PetWessman]

I absolutely adore how educational and straight-to-the-point your videos are! If I might make a suggestion, then please film horizontally! But even if you don't, this is amazing, and I'm for sure checking your channel out!

[@mayaaa1955]

Petronella Wessman I was thinking that but I figured she probably films vertically because it's much easy to get her whole body and she can fit her commentary on the side without it blocking any part of the actual video process

[@altbungaming9357]

To everyone that says "i wish i could dress this way" do it. Nothing is telling you that you absolutely can't. Yes you may get weird looks but I think a video I watched on Lolita fashion said it best. They dress the way that makes THEMSELVES happy. All these people part of alt cultures like goth, punk, lolita, rockabilly, that you may even give weird looks are doing it because they like it and they've mastered the art of idgaf what people think about my style.

[@thebananaowenslippedon7095]

What if if you do finally dress like this, your brother will use it as another way to relentlessly bully you?

[@thebananaowenslippedon7095]

Amèlia Rueda Rodriguez what if even when you tell your brother in front of your mom that you want to dye your hair, he mocks you and asks “are you gonna cut your bangs next? E-girl” and she does nothing

[@wonderlandartwork3579]

@@thebananaowenslippedon7095 hit him with your studded belt

[@thebananaowenslippedon7095]

Wonderland Artwork what if he does high school wrestling

[@wonderlandartwork3579]

@@thebananaowenslippedon7095 then go to the police? Household bullying is a form of domestic abuse, be that mental or physical. Alternatively, talk to your youth counselor or have a private talk with your parents. Be direct and firm and tell them how their inaction when your brother bullies you hurts you. If you can't do that, write it down and hand it to them. Important: document EVERYTHING your brother does to you, with dates and times. Alternatively, go buy the clothes you like and ask a friend to keep them for you. If you want to dress up, go there, get changed and then you can go out. Or have the change be gradual. Incorporate elements of the styles you like into your "normal" clothes, like accessories or bags or shoes and gradually switch out your wardrobe. And if he still gives you shit, ask him to explain why. I'm not really into egirl coulture but heavily into lolita fashion and goth, had an emo phase and my brother mocked me for that too until I asked him why and just because he doesn't like doesn't give him the right to police what you do with your apoearence. If it makes you happy and doesn't harm anyone, do it and fuck anyone who tries to tell you otherwise. If all of the above doesn't work, I have some news that you might not like. Wait. Wait until either your brother or you move out. Wait until you can be absolutely sure he won't bother you anymore. It alao helps to wait until you guys are older and more mature because kids. Fucking. Suck.

[@ameliajames1463]

I honestly wish we still dressed like this

[@Jamiedavis85]

IKR!!! She is very lucky to do the job she does!!

[@JC-wh6gy]

+Amie Owens Why does it matter to you how women have sex or expose their bodys?

[@Jamiedavis85]

Jade Cook she was stating her opinion whether you agree with her or not maybe thats how she sees things....Why does it matter to you why she said that? She didn't call anyone out

[@JC-wh6gy]

Jamie Davis​ Yea and I gave my opinion too and rather or not u agree with it, it's how I see things also. I'm just as in titled to my opinion just as she is so your wording back fired. I didn't say she was calling anybody out, u did. But I seriously wonder why people care about who people fuck with and how often. And why people have to through out labels to people who aren't restricted by social contructs

[@Jamiedavis85]

+Jade Cook I was not calling anyone out.....I was just wondering......like you....

[@teawizardry]

Now that I think about it, a lot of times people still wear a lot of layers of clothes they're just not as big looking. Like a lady will wear a bra, undershirt, shirt, and sweater the materials are just a lot thinner and lay thinner.

[@julyajohnson4787]

A lot of girls don't wear undershirts. If it's warmer most won't wear sweaters unless it's extremely thin.

[@silg7262]

Uh... Not really sure what you are talking about. I wear a sports bra when working out but other than that I do not want brass I've never with an undershirt, and unless it is cold I don't wear sweaters.

[@julyajohnson4787]

@@silg7262 i think this person may be a dude. I'm as lady like as it gets and I don't wear that much.

[@bethanyday3471]

@@julyajohnson4787 this person is obviously talking about cooler months. but our fabrics today are about 4x thicker than their fabrics were. depending on the fabric ofcourse. wools and linens could get thick. but their cottons and silks were so thin they were damn near see through. back then they could control how thick the fabrics were as they made them by hand. so they made certain fabrics for certain seasons. we still can now, just most companies don't bother with all that. just get the cheapest most efficient fabric they can. they obviously weren't talking about summer when everyone walks around trying to wear as little as possible since about 80% of the earths clothes are now made of plastic. ahem, polyester, rayon, spandex etc.

[@anapetry8859]

What's an undershirt?

[@julecaesara482]

now there's only one remaining question. how did they not sweat to death? was there some kind of summer fashion?

[@julecaesara482]

I found the video you made about it... shame on me.

[@charlescox290]

Ah, so, that is the secret, they hopped up and down to get dressed. Do women still have to do that in modern clothing?

[@tonyagates6455]

vanessae e That's me putting on skinny jeans. Then my husband walks in and I'm all, "Don't look at me!" Lol.

[@tacosmexicanstyle7846]

Jule Caesara The crinolines help a lot by holding the dresses away from the body and allowing air underneath so ladies didn't overheat so much ... Also this fashion would have been popular in more temperate European countries and northern American states. The style was not designed with places like Texas in mind!

[@angelinajaramillo9156]

Charles Cox sometimes you have to do the leg wriggle too!!

[@AJtraductora]

I am addicted to victorian era EVERYTHING! (Ok, so maybe not the opium or other drugs, lol! btw, I'm now subscribed.) Watching this made me think one thing..... "Can I come play dress-up at your house?" LMAO - I'm in my 30s! HAHAAH!

[@hollydavis9683]

Atraductora omg samee!!

[@julijakeit]

Since childhood I loved anything Victorian, even before I knew what this word meant. I even dreamed of being a little kid in Victorian wide skirt dress with puffy sleeves. Maybe it's a memory of a past life. Today I choose to wear similar to Victorian or Edwardian looking blouses, I admit, pants are in my wardrobe. Latest trends showcase the bishop sleeve, leg o' mutton sleeve, puffy sleeve or sleeves with ruffles coming back so it's a good time to up(down?)date the clothing.

[@jammie6847]

Atraductora same

[@CroixdeLorraine]

Tara N Keep up the self expression of your style!! Good job making your own clothing! That talent will serve you in good stead in years to come!

[@llawrencekronk4886]

Dear Tara, You might try to barter with an older more experienced seamstress. Such as by being a mother's helper, you basically play with her little ones while she does other things around the house, you keep her tiny tot's amused and in return she sews for you. Or you could help with cleaning or gardening in trade for someones skills. You might also see if someone teaches sewing in your community and could help you learn more. In the US 4H clubs and Girl Scouts also known as Girl Guides have some sewing programs. Ask if there are books in your local library, there are also sewing clubs and guilds and needlework groups that might be able to help you learn. There are some more modern patterns you might like the style of such as those by Gunne Sax and some by Laura Ashley that might be right up your alley and since they only from the 1970's and 80's they shouldn't be that much. Best of luck. Mrs. K.

[@LenaVoices]

Personally, I prefer the Crinoline cage more than the other late Victorian style. But that's just me. I think these dresses and Beautiful and I seriously want one.

[@beachbum27705]

I do too because I really like the big skirts.

[@katievetter8287]

Same

[@mariekazyak5233]

Ditto!!!!!! I want one and a dress to go with it so bad!!!

[@Poppyyyyy13]

This is exactly the same as me!

[@UserEros]

I have been brought here by KZbin recommendations I dont know why but I am here

[@cheeseobees]

I AM HERE!!

[@legolasdbk]

Beautiful demonstration and such a lovely look! I well remember watching, in amazement, my Great-Grandmother lace-up every morning of her life (always, however, assisted by a maid, and her corsets were more of a Belle Epoque style of her youth) and she died at a ripe old age of 101. So much for the myth of them being a health hazard! Of course, overdoing anything, even fitness, will have adverse effects on ones health, but women did not generally die killed by their undergarments!

[@dbseamz]

I cracked up reading "killed by their undergarments" lol

[@southerngirl1490]

If I remember correctly, most of the deaths related to clothing had more to do with getting caught in carriage wheels, falling into water, standing too close to fires, tightening the corset too tightly, and of course, the dyes for fabrics.

[@redhood-ej5xe]

@@southerngirl1490 like the color green (scheeles green) made from radium.

[@acedragon1456]

@@redhood-ej5xe I think it was arsenic?

[@redhood-ej5xe]

@@acedragon1456 i think it was both

[@theamhway]

you might find this to be unrelated, but where i come from (India) we had a whole different thing going on... SAREES... If you make me wear a saree it'll take e half an hour and at least 5 youtube videos to help me manage that. But my grandmother, or even my mother would take nothing more than 2 minutes. of course, sarees had lesser complexity involved, given the lack of industrialization and climatic conditions in India.

[@glitter.gollum6984]

I'm Someone My aunt still wears her sarees and they're gorgeous

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

I have a saree, but I'm still very fuzzy on how to put it on properly.

[@miraclefighter]

I wear sarees quite often, especially on Sunday programs that we have in the temple or other festivals...or sometimes just like that for no particular reason, because i like them :)

[@anacatarinan6245]

I'm Someone they at quite beautiful! 😻

[@tuurvanmeerbeeck6978]

I'm Someone ,

[@Cutlows]

From now on, I'm referring to that as The Victorian Hop. Practical AND adorable. :)

[@GFSTaylor]

A Goth friend taught me that important rule: boots first, then corset.

[@katgau6945]

Imagine just getting ready in the morning and then saying, “I have to pee”

[@Sigart]

You could literally just lift up the skirt and pull down your drawers. I heard somewhere that very rich people even had a split in their underpants so they wouldn't need to get undressed in the least, though I'm not sure about this one and I'm too lazy to double-check right now.

[@antrakirsone2992]

Here has video Victorian realities - How did they use a toilet 😉

[@elishawilson748]

Sigart everyone had split drawers. It’s hard to get to the button beneath all those layers, especially the corset, on your waist.

[@homesteadtotable2921]

@@Sigart EVERYONE had slit drawers back then, rich or poor. My late great-grandmother told me ladies used chamberpots that resembled gravy boats for relieving themselves in those huge layers of skirts. They even had maids sneak these to them during church service when needed, because the pastor was rather wordy. Puts antique "gravy boats" at your friendly neighborhood Hyacinth Bucket's house into a new perspective. lol

[@thetillerwiller4696]

Sigart poor people had splits too, but there skirts were even skinnier

[@cocoacoolness]

I love the fashion of old england. Wouldn't it be awesome if people still dressed like that today? Ive been wondering this since i was a child watching princesses in movies 😄

[@Muck006]

You would have to change our societies first, because this goes against todays "everyone for him/herself" ultra-competitive and rushed mindset. Oh and I doubt you could drive a car in such a dress ... so you need a taxi or public transport.

[@HearthandSickle]

Muck006 As a matter of fact, you can drive a car with either of these outfits on. The crinoline collapses in on itself in such a way that it can be manipulated to go in any space with relative ease.

[@julijakeit]

Flying V.S. Farm, forget the car - that's baby task, in Bavaria (Germany) girls drive bikes in dirnd'l dresses!

[@cometkatt]

had to laugh.. just recently drove in my dress and hoops. slightly awkward but totally doable. now, myself i cant drive easily in corset but i know those who do..

[@kimayaa1158]

Me too

[@janicejanostak2545]

I've been reading about victorian fashion since I was a little girl but this is the first time I've seen that myth debunked in "real time" as it were. Thank you so much!

[@AdelaideBeemanWhite]

When I get dressed in historical clothing my hair takes the most time by far!

[@lindaportuguesinha6065]

I imagine. It is still what is more time consuming this days. That and any make up. It can take hours and hours, sometimes depending of what your goal is you may need to do something to your hair during a long period of time. I would LOVE to have my hair done by a professional all the days of my life, wearing it nicely and lovely every day, put on some wigs, etc :)

[@syedmazharhasan6803]

Absolutely love your channel!!!

[@AdelaideBeemanWhite]

@@syedmazharhasan6803 - Thanks!

[@In_time]

I appreciate the “hopping” to get the skirt to lay right, lol. I bet you anything that it actually _is_ historically accurate. 👌🏻😂

[@alicequint9919]

Dresses with crinoline look so much fun to wear

[@carolmelancon]

Fascinating. Thanks so much for the information. I laughed out loud - I was just thinking, "that's a lot of tiny effing buttons" when "poof" my thought appeared in your caption.

[@marigeobrien]

Very interesting. But, now, what did women do when they were pregnant? Did they dispense with the corset? Is that the reason they called it "their time of confinement?" I mean, considering how often most women were pregnant I should think this had a significant impact on dressing.

[@marigeobrien]

Also, what was the appeal of the hoop skirt and the bustle? WHY were they popular? I mean, they look pretty but... was there a logic behind either of them? For instance, for the hoop, did that serve to keep street mud away from the body or something?

[@isabo3556]

I think they still wore a corset when they were pregnant. I'm not an expert but believe the corset, hoop skirt and bustle are just a fashion thing. Like we wear bra's and high heels.

[@nicci8712]

Women still wore corsets while being pregnant. If they had the money, they could buy special maternity corsets, which had ties around the stomach area, that could be loosened for the expanding belly - there also was a nursing version. Pictures of both can be found on Pintrest. If you did not have the money, you would have to make do with a second hand corset anyway and ended up loosening the lower bit of the corset, to make room for the baby. Which must have been rather uncomfortable. There where no specialised maternity clothes till quite late in the 1800, most of the time women would wear their regular clothing during the whole pregnancy, which where constructed in a way, that they could let them out, meaning, that they could open the seams of the bodice and skirt to re-stich them to fit their altering shape. Pictures of pregnant women from the 1800 can also be found on Pintrest. Also there was a very practical version of a dress worn over a hooped skirt, which did not have a fitted waist, but fell down to the floor in folds. When the woman was not pregnant, it was tied together with a belt, if they where, it was left to hang loose. Wearing no corset during the Victorian period was deemed unacceptable. Women who did not do so, where considered lewd women and a disgrace to society. There where several attempts to get rid of corsets, but only around WWI that was achieved, as women needed to fill in for the men, work wise. As today, most women tried to go with the fashion and even poor women could either afford a hoop/bustle or make one (out of wicker for example). I have seen pictures of factory workers and house maids wearing hoops, but I have to say, I cannot imagine a farm woman wearing one aside from perhaps to church on a Sunday.

[@terezasiskova3545]

The hoop skirt and bustle had a logic behind them, but it's probably not the kind of logic that would come to your mind right away. I think that to understand the appeal, you need to think about the historical context and the perception of women at that time. In the Victorian era, men were the ones that had all the power and wealth, and women were perceived as the symbol of the men’s power. Of course not in the sense that the more women you had, the more powerful you were :D. But your wife’s clothes were essentially a way for you to show off that you could afford expensive clothing, that you had the money to buy her dresses made out of the best fabrics and adorned the most exquisite jewelry. Now with that in mind, we can start talking about the hoop skirt. Wide skirts were popular for many centuries because they showed you could afford to buy these yards of fabric to make one. And most importantly- it showed you could afford to buy all these petticoats to give the skirt such shape. Before the hoop skirt was invented women had to wear about 7 or 8, maybe more, starched flannel (or horse hair) petticoats to get the fashionable silhouette. You can imagine that is a lot of weight and heat. But regardless of how uncomfortable that might have, a men would still want his wife to wear as many petticoats as he could afford, at least in public, because it gave him a higher status. However the hoopskirt created the fashionable silhouette, was much lighter and significantly cheaper. Now I am sure you can imagine that when you have a very difficultly achievable ideal and then someone invents something that makes that ideal way more achievable and way more practical much more cheaply, people will buy it and it will become popular very quickly. And that is why hoopskirts became such a trend, because it made something that has previously shown everyone you were a powerful person accessible to people of pretty much all classes. This turned out to be ridiculously long, so if you’ve read through this whole thing, let me know if you want to hear about bustles :D PS: I chose to refer to you as a man, so that you can see it through the perspective of a man since they basically had all the power at that time and could dictate what their wife (or possibly daughter) wore. I don’t know your actual gender, so just in case it offended you I’m sorry, I didn’t mean it that way. Also I’m not a native English speaker, so sorry if the grammar is weird :)

[@isabo3556]

+Tereza Šišková I want to know about the bustles. Thank you.

[@Mashy8722]

i love this music. it literally takes me away.

[@rebeccaholcombe7905]

Ashley Lynn me too!! Do you know what it is called? It is just stunning!

[@fantyan]

@@rebeccaholcombe7905 omg yeah! I cant find the names either :/

[@ashlynellis3263]

Summer Days by Kai Engel!!!!!

[@abigaildoll1760]

Me too.

[@abbieantoniak857]

I honestly would love to dress up fully like this

[@ten-chan1015]

is it weird i thought it was so adorable when you jumped to get the skirt to lie down properly? XD great video!

[@nadyaakins8202]

I would love to dress up like that, the style is so romantic!

[@josi7955]

The purple outfit is simply gorgeous!

[@dbseamz]

Josi Craig They're both purple...

[@sarahisatitagain]

You are so adorable. Your clothes sure are amazing and all... but your face and your traild as a whole, are so mesmerazing... With all due respect, you are stuning and your working is fantastic. Thanks for this video.

[@nataliedominguez3617]

I'm only 12 and everyone is so rude to me but don't mind that I wish that we dressed like that the dresses are so beautiful I don't really care how long it that's I just wish I everyone could dress like that again

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

Well, they've no business being rude to you, Melanie. I wish we dressed this way too.

[@Pluscelamemechose]

Consider the sourse. If they're rude, they are not on a level to be listened to... which means, people without common decency are not worthy of you. Smile, nod and walk away.

[@zainabaria6838]

It would be a little hot but it’s so pretttyyyy

[@botchedresurrectiongf1743]

Aye slow down

[@idk-oe7tk]

I thought I was wierd but dang.. Victorian and Edwardian fashion is so much better looking and modest..if everyone dressed like dat I would have fifty trillion rooms fool of Edwardian/Victorian fashion!

[@katrina7679]

So crazy to think we were dressing like this and it really wasn't that long ago. Fashion has evolved so much since then.

[@noelle-christinestewart5382]

WOW! Just wow!!! I feel that my generation spends more time trying to find ways to wear less and less clothes these days yet in 10 minutes you are able to completely look mesmerizing. The elegance that this style of dressing is one that I truly wish would come back in my lifetime. Excellent video and excellent dresses!

[@GabrielleTollerson]

YES

[@dbseamz]

The second dress is the style Laura Ingalls (Wilder) would have worn in her mid-late teens. Some of the illustrations in the Little House books show this silhouette, it's very elegant.

[@kathywillis5527]

I read the books to (if you do)

[@dinamule1119]

In the sweet 16 episode that Laura starts teaching she is wearing a bustle hoop skirt. It's not too wide/poofy nor straight tight. I think bec her figure what so youthful looking she picked a dress with a bit of poof in the back to add to her figure to look more grown up.

[@OcarinaSapphr-]

This was absolutely fascinating to watch - the concept of the series is genius!

[@Colquhoun2676]

Thank you for this I love this era❤ Beautiful dresses. Shame this fashion doesn't come around again I would love it 😊

[@emmacantcomeupwithacreativ7506]

I absolutely adore the music you use. Also, very interesting video!! Thank you for uploading!

[@witchwazemine8557]

Both dresses were absolutely beautiful and you looked simply gorgeous! I’m so glad this was recommended for me!

[@psychoflute]

This was an amazing idea for a KZbin channel. I've always wondered how these types of dresses worked. Thank you for taking the time to share all this information with us!

[@Lookinmyeyesitsover]

I love the little hop she does to straighten out the skirt 😂

[@BlondVlogs]

Wow and I have been struggeling with just my skinny jeans for the past 10 minutes....

[@nadialvov4134]

Thank you for the videos!!! i can not stop watching them over and over again.

[@WeirdYetCool]

Very informative video, thank you! Although the sped up jumping up and down to settle the skirts is absolutely hilarious

[@LigeiaNoire]

This channel is absolutely amazing, I was in awe watching the lady get dressed the entire time, going to search for you on facebook!

[@TanzaniteHayley]

Imagine rocking up to the office wearing that? ‘Oh hi fam, don’t mind me whilst I check my emails’.

[@lysak89]

Loved this. I've always had an ides of what went into a full outfit back then, but seeing the different layers and how they all fit together was fascinating to watch. When you hopped to get the skirt adjusted was funny, it made me chuckle, but I can see it was necessary and a common practice. Like dancing into a freshly laundered pair of jeans. Got yourself a subscriber!

[@SoheilaMuzen]

Thank you for doing all of this as well as naming each item along the way! Very informative as well as entertaining to those of us who really appreciate this beautiful dress. :)

[@gigglyfitzgirl]

I didn't ask for this to be in my feed yet here I am. This is cool.

[@427skies]

Love the bodice on the second outfit!!

[@katerinalojikova]

i love victorian novels and style and so on. Your videos? AMAZING!!!!!! thank you so much, i m glued to the screen

[@kendranannettej.jeffery8925]

Very educational video. Your dresses are always so stunning, but I'm so very glad we don't have to do this anymore. The videos make you sit back and think how far we've come in the realm of fashion design. A tremendous round of applause for you!!👏👏

[@roosa8159]

Not sure why this was on my recommendations, but this was a fun video to watch

[@prettymommy6579]

Bustle dress=gorgeous!!!!

[@randomvintagefilm273]

This is my favorite KZbin channel so far and I hope it becomes more popular. Awesome!!

[@themadhattress5008]

I absolutely love the Victorian era and it is a certain obsession of mine. I love studying it, reading historical fiction novels set in the period, reading literature from the period, listening to Victorian-esque music, and just researching it! I am actually in the process of writing a historical, psychological novel myself, but with my current studies at University, it's slow-going. In any case, I find the videos truly wonderful and you've gained a subscriber! Thank you! I look forward to seeing more and more content!

[@yayow3530]

The fuck me too I'm addicted I just can't stop researching about it

[@alexandriawebofficial]

I love this :) I'm starting a series debunking some corsetry myths in a few weeks so I will makes sure and include a link to this video :)

[@penylayne]

oh, I think the skirts, and ALL the accessories, are elegant and beautiful, and you wear them extremely well. :)

[@olybinewski8392]

Your lil skirt straightening jumps are just about everything right now. Just found your channel. Subscribed and currently binging.

[@whotelakecity2001]

This is so oddly soothing. Music makes all the difference. Thank you

[@PhantomQueenOne]

It would take me longer to dress. Because I'm plump, busty, and have a screwed up back I would need help the the corset because the front busk keeps popping open as I try to pull the lacing. I have better luck with a solid front or side lace but... And the higher in status you are the more elaborate and confining the clothing. Did you know during late Tudor and Elizabethan times noble and royal women had to be _pinned_ into their clothing? Ugh, the very thought.

[@priorattire]

pins were very popular for use on clothing for centuries - in medieval, Tudor, Georgian - only diminishing with use in the 19thcentury etc. and not only my higher class, the were used all across the social spectrum. they are actually quite handy - just like everything you get used to things. i resent velcro more...;-)

[@PhantomQueenOne]

priorattire Velcro has it's uses, but not in those kinds of clothes. Same with zippers-- pre-roaring twenties just NO!

[@mayvenlotusbereft6369]

+priorattire I have been watching your videos for awhile and would love to know when did you find your love for knowledge of the victorian world began? and Where oh where do you but your clothes!

[@mayvenlotusbereft6369]

+sarah beard buy your clothes

[@priorattire]

as stated in the clothing - i make them? I am a historical costumier, and have been for the last 20 years, and it is not only about victorian - we do everything from late romans to Edwardians. you will find more info on my website - all info on the credits!

[@Phoenix13Rose]

That corset would do wonders for my back and I wouldn't have to wear a bra; straps dig into my shoulders. And I hate underwire! We need to go back to tunics and leggings.

[@raynatumbeva780]

That means you wear the straps too tight or even wrong size bra! For every two inches difference between your bust and underbust circumstances it's one cup (up to 2 inches - A, up to 4 - B, up to 6 - C, etc). The belt size is one size smaller than the one your underbust circumstance supposes, for example if your measures are 34inch (75cm) and 38inch (85cm) you'd buy 32(70)B. Your should be able to freely run two fingers between the strap and your shoulder.

[@maxwell-qn2if]

you can always talk to a doctor about buying a corset or something to help your back. (i know this is 2 years ago) ive heard people using them for back issues!

[@bethanyday3471]

@@raynatumbeva780 this is not right. if you measure 34 inch under bust, you were a size 34 band. if your bust measures 38 inches, you wear a 34D. I don't know where you got this idea, but it is not true. Back in the olden days they added 4 inches to your underbust measures to get your band size, nowadays you just use your under bust measurement as your band measurement because there is 90% elastic in the bra band nowadays and none in the olden days. It is 1 cup per inch of difference from underbust measurement. A person who wears a 32B should have these measurements: 32 inch under bust, 34 inch bust. A poor women with a 34 inch under bust and 38 inch bust couldn't fit into a 32B if she tried. Her boobs would be spilling out everywhere and she likely wouldn't even be able to close it.

[@virglibrsaglove]

I actually just bought a corset. I absolutely love how much better my back feels in it. After a bit of a reminder to move with better posture, I find it very comfortable - even though I detest wearing a bra and avoid them like the plague. The corset, however, is surprisingly comfortable. Moderately laced, of course.

[@mandypandy111ify]

Then get yourself a corset!

[@christinacyrus3824]

Thank you, thank you, thank you. Answers questions I've had for years. Seeing is more instructive than reading about it.

[@robinr1714]

I've watched several of your videos--the dresses are so beautiful and the material is exquisite. One of the reasons I enjoy watching old movies is seeing how the ladies used to dress! I wish style would come back!

[@solangeelia800]

So freaking GORGEOUS!

[@MarleanSweden]

Man I love this, and I love your outfits. I bet they must have costed you a ton, and the shoes especially!

[@priorattire]

I make them - so cost mostly depends on fabric used and time spent making them .... glad you appreciate them!

[@erinlee2708]

priorattire you made them?! God you're talented

[@rubialanis5652]

Marlean Shoes are not so expensive, well in mexican folklorinthere are boots, similar to those, and it cost 500 pesos (pesos=mexican money)

[@junepassingthrouthegate8810]

priorattire I imagine you sell these attires. Do you sell them online?

[@AdirondackRuby]

Just found your channel and have been watching my way through all of your videos. I think, even though I might prefer the look of other eras, this video and others of the same time period are my favorites, solely because it makes me smile every time you do the little hop to get everything to settle itself properly over the cages or bustles. I don't know why, but it just cheers me.

[@MobyDicksWife]

That you for uploading these videos (especially the one about going to the loo, I had always wondered). You have managed to be both entertaining and informative. Also, I just love the little hops you do to settle your skirts and petticoats!. I now have a vision of a stately victorian countesses hopping up and down.

[@frechstudios3129]

Clothing looks good at a museum, but it looks ten times better when it is actually warn. All the sudden the style makes more sense.

[@sharonanderson7433]

Great video! Thanks for demonstrating what it took!

[@emmaathome2902]

I’ve only just come across you, now I can’t get enough. You are so entertaining, as well as explaining very well. And of course the clothes are beautiful and debunked my thoughts that the dress was one piece.

[@Angel-vy5ge]

Wish we still wore these type of dresses now...

[@hotjanuary]

Killme. Maybe we can start the vintage dress movement. Then fashion designers will take note and put these styles on display, so people will get used to seeing it out in public. Then it won’t look so strange when you walk out in a full, floor length skirt.

[@jaykay5922]

those outfits are beautiful

[@jacquelinemolloy2977]

If I had my way I would still dress that way

[@bluegirlwish]

I love your cute little hops to get the skirts straightened out!

[@Whitt2022]

Fun to watch. Like getting to play dress up with you. Very interesting to actually get to see how they transformed every morning. Thanks for sharing!

[@kaleidoscopekayley]

I must say, you look absolutely lovely in every era you dress in! And the costumes are beautiful as well!

[@kristen90alicia]

Alright well it's 215am but I did it!! I watched all of your videos!! I love it!!! Subscribed!!

[@sarahk1902]

I'm really loving your videos. They're really interesting and the music is so soothing.

[@aimee1177]

Love these videos. I have always been interested in clothes that people wore in the past.

[@heden1460]

So the first dress...4 or 5 layers of clothes? How many layers on the 2nd dress...I think 5 or 6? Yeah. not for me. I'm glad to learn about these things though. Thanks for posting these videos.

[@unrulysue6927]

Given how much time women devote to hair and makeup these days, and that women (respectable ones anyway) in those days didn't wear makeup and hair was really only elaborate for formal occasions, I'd say this is pretty quick compared to today!

[@RijackiTorment]

Lovely! The little hops to get it all settled are adorable, too.

[@mariar.4893]

2:26 it already looks so much fancier and more sophisticated than my everyday clothes and she hasn’t even put the actual dress on yet

[@TheLostLemurian]

You make me wish it was the 1880s.

[@jagoda3714]

If you don't want any rights as a woman then well...

[@crystal4911]

@@jagoda3714 pretty sure she just means the fashion lmao

[@Layna_]

Well...

[@EdwardTheMedievalist]

@@jagoda3714 because voting? Voting is a joke.

[@ViviennetheVenomous]

What music did you use in this video?

[@cuddlemuff9276]

Just wonderful lovely and interesting to watch and beautiful musical soundtrack, too. Thank you!

[@Shayma98]

I love watching you put on these dresses! I wish I could find some place near me that lets you dress up like this!

[@lynnkie]

had no idea jumping played such a vital role in dressing!!

[@AlbertaRose94]

LOL! Even now it can, depending on what you are doing.

[@lunabug4389]

Everyone in comments: Oh, I wish we dressed like that today! Awesome video! Me: *lobster* , You are now a *lobster* 6:20

[@tilarium2]

Watched a couple of your videos now. I have to admit, they are pretty interesting

[@emilycrocetto819]

Very informative of dressing up with all the sectional pieces. Thank you for showing this informative video.

[@melhughes9520]

Forgive me if this is a dumb question, but is this American Victorian or British Victorian dress? I'm guessing British, but how much difference was there? And was there a difference in the American West, which was still pretty primitive?

[@priorattire]

there are always differences and not only across the countries but across the regions too. having said som the plain style shown for the crioline was popular across the West world ( though sometimes still worn with just petticoats and without the cage), so a pretty standard combo of a skirt and plain bodice. the later ensemble is based on a fashion print from Harpers Bazar, 1883 - and considering the fast that the fashion magazines were wildly available in both countries, it may be safey assumed that the outfit could be made in either country. again, the basic elements are the same - skirt, bodice and overkirt, it woud be the embellisment, fabric choice et that would be more specific to what women in different countries had available

[@RoKuNiChi]

Favourite part is where she jumps to spread the skirt.

[@antrakirsone2992]

😄😄😄

[@soccer69heit]

also, I love that second outfit! such gorgeous fabric!!

[@rodsella]

Wow love these videos, victorian era is definetly my favorite period times.

[@allieg6401]

Do you make your outfits? They are beautiful!

[@priorattire]

Yes I do - info in the credits! Thank you!

[@allieg6401]

Cool thanks, but that would have required the effort of stopping the video... and I was kind of in la La Land from the music and the beautiful outfit! 😊

[@dbm-yv1gl]

How long did it take to prepare the hair like that though

[@priorattire]

depending on the occasion. wigs and hairpieces helped a lot, but usually about 5min for a simple daily style, 15- 20 for an elaborate one

[@lindaportuguesinha6065]

I try to do mine everyday nicely and it ends up terrible. I only get tired harms. I have my hair long and used to dream of having it all done nicely. Its not easy at all. even a simple braid. Those are the only ones I can do and just one style, not all the fancy ones.

[@CardinalLaneKreations]

I love that you do these videos. I was curious on how they got dressed

[@makeupfordovey]

This is so precious! I’d love a dress like that.