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SIR857 |
| WISHLET FASHIONS #7: FASHIONS 1871-1875 |
| Price: $4.95 |
| SIZE: 8-1/2" x 11;" 16 PAGES. IN THE LATE 60'S HOOPS COLLAPSE AND THE EXCESS OF FABRIC, NO LONGER SUPPORTED BY STEEL CIRCLES, BEGAN TO BUNCH TOWARD THE BACK OF THE FIGURE. SOME SUPPORT WAS NEEDED, THUS WAS THE BUSTLE BORN. THIS DISTINCTIVE FEATURE OF WOMEN'S CLOTHING WAS TO DOMINATE THE SILHOUETTE FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS. |
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SIR858 |
| WISHLET FASHIONS #8: FASHIONS 1885 |
| Price: $4.95 |
| SIZE: 8-1/2" x 11;" 16 PAGES. AFTER THE COMPLICATED DRESS-MAKING OF THE MID-1870'S, THE SILHOUETTE BECAME MORE STREAMLINED AND ELEGANT, THEN SUDDENLY THE BUSTLE CAME BACK BIGGER AND BETTER. SOME CALL IT THE "UGLY PERIOD," OTHERS REFER TO THE "SHELF STYLES" OF THE PERIOD. ALL PATTERNS ARE SCALED TO FIT 5-1/2" TALL DOLLS. |
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