TRURI : 1989.62.7a - A plain cream ribbed silk skirt. Marked CC. This forms part of the trousseau of Edith Williams. Edith was married to Reverend Sidney Cooper, 9th January 1890.
The posterior of the skirt would have been shaped with a low bustle, which went out of fashion around this time, or with a pad.
The simple form of this garment resembles the country fashions of the time, which were adopted in wider circles as part of the Artistic Dress and then Aesthetic Dress movements. These garments evoked natural motifs, romanticised during the Victorian period as a direct contrast to the engulfing Industrial Revolution. It adopted simpler lines and used muted colours, usually from natural dyes, rejecting the fuss and structure of mainstream fashions.
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