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Skirting Disaster

image of woman in long skirt walking up stairsScreen capture from Youtube video Victorian Dress vs Fight Scenes: The Nevers Costume Analysis by Bernadette Banner

From last month, in the "that's a darned good question" department, cilantro asked How did servants (or anyone, really) walk upstairs in long skirts with a tray or two buckets or anything that left them without a hand free to hold said skirt out of the way?. Good answers!

07/04/21
by taz

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