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Two quick posts for today - foot fashion for fine ladies, circa 1880s - two of two.

Two quick posts for today - foot fashion for fine ladies, circa 1880s - two of two.

Two quick posts for today - foot fashion for fine ladies, circa 1880s - one of two.

Two quick posts for today - foot fashion for fine ladies, circa 1880s - one of two.


Misses and children’s fashions from the mid-1880s.  It is amazing to me how many varieties of young ladies’ apparel there were in this catalogue.  (Six of six - more posts tomorrow.)

Misses and children’s fashions from the mid-1880s.  It is amazing to me how many varieties of young ladies’ apparel there were in this catalogue.  (Six of six - more posts tomorrow.)


Misses and children’s fashions from the mid-1880s.  It is amazing to me how many varieties of young ladies’ apparel there were in this catalogue.  (Five of six.)

Misses and children’s fashions from the mid-1880s.  It is amazing to me how many varieties of young ladies’ apparel there were in this catalogue.  (Five of six.)


Misses and children’s fashions from the mid-1880s.  It is amazing to me how many varieties of young ladies’ apparel there were in this catalogue.  (Four of six.)

Misses and children’s fashions from the mid-1880s.  It is amazing to me how many varieties of young ladies’ apparel there were in this catalogue.  (Four of six.)


Misses and children’s fashions from the mid-1880s.  It is amazing to me how many varieties of young ladies’ apparel there were in this catalogue.  (Three of six.)

Misses and children’s fashions from the mid-1880s.  It is amazing to me how many varieties of young ladies’ apparel there were in this catalogue.  (Three of six.)


Misses and children’s fashions from the mid-1880s.  It is amazing to me how many varieties of young ladies’ apparel there were in this catalogue.  (Two of six.)

Misses and children’s fashions from the mid-1880s.  It is amazing to me how many varieties of young ladies’ apparel there were in this catalogue.  (Two of six.)

Misses and children’s fashions from the mid-1880s.  It is amazing to me how many varieties of young ladies’ apparel there were in this catalogue.  (One of six.)

Misses and children’s fashions from the mid-1880s.  It is amazing to me how many varieties of young ladies’ apparel there were in this catalogue.  (One of six.)

Children’s corsets fro the 1880s, in the same vein as today’s training bras.  Get ‘em started young so they are used to the bloody things and can enjoy the rib-distorting, organ-crushing effects for their entire lives.

Children’s corsets fro the 1880s, in the same vein as today’s training bras.  Get ‘em started young so they are used to the bloody things and can enjoy the rib-distorting, organ-crushing effects for their entire lives.

The junior size corset, for young misses, with adjustable shoulder straps, circa 1886.

The junior size corset, for young misses, with adjustable shoulder straps, circa 1886.