Wear a petticoat over your cage crinolines to add fluff and soften your hoop steel cages.Petticoats usually gather at the waist to create the softness and fluff. It has been written that during the Victorian years, the ladies wore up to nine(9) petticoats under their wedding dresses, bridal gowns, period costumes,formal dresses and gowns. When you see Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind, you will note that all of her dresses had a certain airy swaying movement. The movement was the petticoats that fluffed the dresses out.
The function of the hoop steel cage is to raise and shape dresses and gowns that have very wide sweeps or hemline circumferences. Without the hoop steel cage, dresses and gowns with sweeps of 132 inches or more would look like a lot of fabric hanging over the floor. The dresses and gowns spring to life when the proper cage is worn.
Pictures on various websites highlite exellent examples of how the cages and petticoats make the dresses come to life. Check out the Pinterest links below to several dresses and gowns from the Civil War Period and Victorian Era. Can you imagine the dresses without the hoop cages that projects the dresses out. The dress would look like tons of fabric draping off of the ladies without the shaping hoops and bustles. This applies to bustle dresses, bridal gowns and many other garments. They look best when they have the proper shaping undergarments. Great fitting undergarments add value to the outer garments, when worn appropriately. Check the links below to see for yourself. Just imagine these dresses without the support undergarments.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/69102175506527642/
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/69102175506526979/
http://www.pinterest.com/showbelles/victorian-steampunk-gothic-dresses-gowns/
Look at the dresses closely. Try to imagine them without the bustle cages and round hoops. These dresses cannot be worn without the proper undergarments. If you need help deciding which undergarment will work for your dresses of any type, leave a comment, or contact me at www.showbelles.etsy.com. Or contact me at rhondagr@gmail.com.I normally answer within 24 hours or less. Thanks for visiting.
www.showbelles.etsy.com
The function of the hoop steel cage is to raise and shape dresses and gowns that have very wide sweeps or hemline circumferences. Without the hoop steel cage, dresses and gowns with sweeps of 132 inches or more would look like a lot of fabric hanging over the floor. The dresses and gowns spring to life when the proper cage is worn.
Pictures on various websites highlite exellent examples of how the cages and petticoats make the dresses come to life. Check out the Pinterest links below to several dresses and gowns from the Civil War Period and Victorian Era. Can you imagine the dresses without the hoop cages that projects the dresses out. The dress would look like tons of fabric draping off of the ladies without the shaping hoops and bustles. This applies to bustle dresses, bridal gowns and many other garments. They look best when they have the proper shaping undergarments. Great fitting undergarments add value to the outer garments, when worn appropriately. Check the links below to see for yourself. Just imagine these dresses without the support undergarments.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/69102175506527642/
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/69102175506526979/
http://www.pinterest.com/showbelles/victorian-steampunk-gothic-dresses-gowns/
Look at the dresses closely. Try to imagine them without the bustle cages and round hoops. These dresses cannot be worn without the proper undergarments. If you need help deciding which undergarment will work for your dresses of any type, leave a comment, or contact me at www.showbelles.etsy.com. Or contact me at rhondagr@gmail.com.I normally answer within 24 hours or less. Thanks for visiting.
www.showbelles.etsy.com
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