moving in a crinoline 1
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- Crinoline cages are often viewed as clunky, unwieldy contraptions that considerably hindered the movement of the wearer.
I have been wearing these for work on many occasions and although there is a skill in moving in one, the hindrance, is not at all significant - I danced, walked, run, sat on chairs and blankets, carried things, rode in a carriage ( and a car too), and I can I feel more restricted wearing modern high heels and a pencil skirt :-)
The film is just a brief footage showing basic techniques of moving in a cage. Hope you can find it useful!
Happy crinolining! :-)
Izabela
www.priorattire.co.uk
I just love the way these dresses look in motion. This woman looked like she was floating with every step she took. The absolute picture of poise and grace.
Beautiful
She’s quite elegant indeed
I wonder what other children watch on youtube.....all I do is watch stuff like this, and I LOVE IT!!!
Other children?
Yeah we watch this stuff too :3
Jake paul
Im young and I watch this lol
I'm 13 and love historical dresses. And I know it's been 3 years but I get really bored during quaranteen
Same!
Bustles, corsets, and hoop skirts are easy to wear. The problem is when you dress up as a victorian woman and people end up stepping on your train.
Foot prints all over the end of my skirt...
thats why i get rid of the train and add lace to the bottom of my hem, just as elegant and no one steps on it
I've had similar issues with Elizabethan gowns, LOL.
theyre easy to wear until you need to go through a door
E McCreanor just squash it or lift the left part
@@Steampunk_Ocelot did you not watch the video? did you just come down here to comment such nonsense? i know this is a year old. but FFS she shows IN THIS VIDEO, over- and over and over that walking through a door is absolutely no problem
I'm probably the only 15 year old girl in America right now who would literally wear these dresses every day if I could! I've been in love with the idea of a hoop skirt since I was very little. My grandmother actually has a hoop (the dress that accompanied it is long gone) and I sometimes sneak it out of the closet and wear it. I would join a reenactment group now if I could, but there just aren't any around here! I am very interested in making my own dresses though, seeing as my grandma taught me how to sew (the basics). So glad I found this channel!
Well, I'm 16 but I will love to wear crinoline dresses everyday!
Well, I'm 16 but I will love to wear crinoline dresses everyday!
I'm 15 from the uk and I would love to where these dresses
I was in your shoes once. It was around that same age I first became interested in historical costumes. Now I'm in my twenties and have made many costumes for different eras, all of which I love. I'm currently working on starting a costume society in my town. Maybe you could try the same? All you need is one other person who shares your passion to get it started. There's more of us out there than you believe - we just hide very well. :)
Alana Ellyn It's cool that there are more people interested(: That's a great idea! I have a friend who is interested in historical dress as well and we've been trying to convince the drama teacher at our school to do a history-based play of some sort, mostly because we would love to wear the dresses haha. I will talk to her about starting something! Thank you!
I love the way Victorian and Edwardian clothes move. The best comparison is like an otter- both streamlined and incredibly flouncy at the same time!
you are basically making my little girl's dreams becoming true ! I love those dresses !
cheers from France 😉
Florine Fayolle I'fe always thought it was super difficult back then. I was wrong.
This is so cool. I want a job where I can dress up like this all the time
Then make one for yourself. Like this lady did, by starting her own business.
You could even work at a fair during the times they are going on.
Rachael Williams omg she has a business? !!? where!!
i do Living History demonstrations, you can work in a place like a living history farm
Theater, museums, living history displays...I got to wear these gowns working in the plantation exhibit in Stone Mountain years ago...had a BLAST ... swishing skirts with a crenoline on caused an airy effect in an otherwise stiffling climate.
I LOVE the white dress. I love these videos. I totally want to bring back this kind of dress and etiquette. Everyone is for the comfortable look and feel but wearing these dresses doesn't have to be uncomfortable!! So pretty!
I have a civil war ball gown and it is actually incredibly comfortable. I also love how gorgeous and feminine these dresses are.
They're so fun to wear and the best part is the mosquitoes can't get through my five layers of skirts.
Going down stairs, if you pick up your dress, even slightly, the gentleman waiting at the bottom gets a show. Instead you grab the hoop at arms length and pull it slightly to the side. That way you see the stair but you are still covered from below.
Thank you for the advice!
Your welcome. :)
this dress is soooo flowy and beautiful :D
I once got to try out crinoline (+petticoat and skirt) made for theatre,
and although it was bit too small for me (the waist was too tight and
it was tad too short for me) it was great experience. It was actually
really easy to move in and I kinda lost around 20 years of my age,
and became giggly little kid because the movement of the crinoline was something I had not experienced before and I really enjoyed it.
My plan is to make some kind of crinoline, not necessarily historically accurate, for days I want to wear my long full skirts, because I hate the feeling of skirt getting stuck between legs when walking. Don't know if I actually do it someday, but at least I can dream of it :D
Iida Salo If you aren't concerned with historical accuracy, you can order one online from bridal shopping websites. That's where I got mine, it has a drawstring in the waist so it needs no alterations to fit any size (I'm pretty skinny so that was a relief!)
There are "walking skirts" where the cut of the fabric itself drags the fabric away from your legs when you walk. I don't have one, and I'd have to do more research, but I've seen other people say it works. Alternatively, a shorter, stiff-ish petticoat that helps push away the outer skirt would work too, and is probably easier to use in today's world. Although this time it would be the petticoat itself to tangle in your legs, so maybe not?
You could also go for a corded petticoat if your wish- or put canvas or horsehair braid in the hem of your long skirts, that’ll keep them maintaining their shape and away from between your legs.
So thrilled to see an organization which specializes in ACCURATE costume reproduction. I wish you were around back in the 1980's when I started collecting and making Victorian dresses. (Most of the events I went to back then were pretty tacky).
The dresses are SOOOOO GORGEOUS!! I'm thinking of finding a re-enactment group just so I can wear them. Medieval garb is great, but nothing compares to this [Victorian/Civil War] era.
Re-enactment groups re-enact certain events from history so that they can better understand what it was like to live during those times, and also so that they can help educate people about the time period. It's a lot of fun, but if you're only in it for the clothes, I wouldn't recommend it. You also need to be willing to research and learn a lot about the historical period you're re-enacting, and when you re-enact, you don't just wear the pretty dresses-- you also reenact all the hard work (constant scrubbing and heavy lifting,) living without modern comforts (air conditioning!! showers!!) and many restrictive social norms. As a re-enactor, a lot of what you do is for the sake of education, so you're also going to have to get used to having modern spectators show up to gawk you, snap pictures and ask you a lot of questions (like "aren't you hot in that" for the twelve hundreth time) so you can't have stage fright.
If you do just want to wear the clothes, then there's nothing stopping you from making or purchasing historical attire just for yourself. There are historical fashion clubs in many major cities where people will dress up in their historical outfits and have tea parties, luncheons and do photo shoots, which is a good option if you want to play dress up and meet other people with similar interests but don't want to deal with all the demands of historical re-enactment.
I adore crinoline skirts. They’re so breezy and fluffy and so much fun to walk and dance in. I have two big dresses that I wear every chance I get, which I wish was more often
Great video! There are so many myths and stereotypes surrounding fashion from this period and I think this video had an answer to many of them.
The Crinoline looked much more comfortable to wear than the Georgian Era dresses and even the bustle in late 1800s....
THWB
Exactly so. My aunt told me when she was very young, she remembered a man sitting down on a lady's bustle in the tramcar - they used to swing them to one side to sit down. It went off with a terrible crunch. I think bustles were made of whale bone.
@@pentirah5282 no, the bustles were made exactly the same way as the crinoline. she has videos showing just these things. NOTHING women wore in the past made it difficult to sit, move around or were by any means uncomfortable
@@bethanyday3471
Thanks, Bethany. I apologize about the mention of whalebone - I realize that was mostly for corsets. However, there were occasions when ladies pushed the bustle a little bit to one side. My aunt live in that era and she had no reason to lie about the story. Where you alive then?.
As an author, I can not even begin to explain how helpful this video is :)
These Gowns are absolutely wonderful to wear and they are much easier than one may be led to believe. Sure, one has to pay attention and lift & drape the Gown with care, but that is actually part of the joy of wearing these Gowns. One naturally feels so elegant, graceful and beautiful in them. I have several Crinoline's, and one is VERY wide & full... Probably about 6-8 meters in circumference. When I move daintily in it, the Gown floats and glides around Me with a soft "rushing" & "swishing" that is simply gorgeous. Taking a seat is a wonderful ritual of lifting & draping all the yards of floating gorgeousness and very delicately & gracefully lowering Oneself. I love wearing one of My long Robes over it as well, which makes it even more delightful and SO Divinely Feminine... Like so many Ladies, I simply love wearing them and being so Graceful, Dainty & Regal in them. Especially with My very long Royal Robe... The Grace & Beauty of times gone by.
I cannot put to words how useful this is as an animation reference
Glad it was helpful!
Wow! This video makes me realize that fashion these days sucks!
Actually, the attire in that time was very simple to live in.
I love how dramatic you looked while running at full speed ;)
I love this videos. it feeds my inner child's need to dress up
You seem absolutely lovely. What a great way to display a hobby, history and culture all in one! Thank you!
not a hobby - it is my job.... ;-)
Oh my gosh 😍 I love your outfit in this. I do an American civil war reenactment each year, and this is exactly the kind of stuff I have to wear! Though I'm still working at obtaining a full period correct attire. I adore this 😍😍
this fills me with such a sense of longing... beautiful clothing! I will likely come back to this video as a drawing reference, but it looks exceedingly fun to wear!
I’d wear a crinoline every day if I could. I’ve loved them since seeing GWTW for the first time as a kid. So feminine and beautiful…❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love how informative your channel is! Those crinolines looked so awkward, but not the case, as your video demonstrates!
Thank you for this video. I wore a hoop skirt (modern Crinoline) for the first time at a Renn Fair this year. Remembering what you mentioned in this video I was able to navigate the small shops and the crowds. Thank you.
Absolute beauty, grace. Outstanding gorgeous images. What a delight to watch
I have to say I'm quite envious right now lol All those beautiful dresses you get to wear! Definitely my time period.
My wedding dress had an extremely full skirt and coserted like the dress in this video. I used a flexible hoop skirt/cage and it was much easier that I ever thought it would be. The hardest part was getting it all in the car after the ceremony but it was easy and comfortable to sit.
I've watched this on the release, and here I am 5 years later, I'm still amused
The swishiness of the skirts was the best part!
That dress is a big ball of FLOOF and I love it
Madame.. you are to be profoundly congratulated for exploding the strangulating corset of conceptual prejudice that modernity holds against it's recent ancestors' and their methods of expression through the sartorial arts. Your expositions against this tendency are a breath of fresh air in a hothouse packed to the walls with mealy-mouthed ancestor bashers.
I love the way you wrote this comment!!!
So wish I could dress like this everyday...
me too.but my country is tropical country...
I wish I could, too!
Me too 👗😍
Easy, just start wearing these gowns again and encourage all of your friends to do so. I am a guy and even I would give anything to wear one of these gowns.
I would but I'd have to modify them to not drag on the ground because it rains a lot in Scotland.
The clothing made for these occasions is lovely.
i would love to own a dress of that style looks like fun :-)
You can own one :-) I live in New Zealand and if you go to the website of Dhgate.com they are in the States and are a huge online shopping site. You can buy anything, things for computers, car parts, lightning stuff, and even clothes!! I just recently purchased from there a lovely black gothic Victorian dress complete with a crinoline cage. They are made and come from China (as always) :-) You order through Dhgate.com and they get it send to you from China. They have other beautiful dresses too. The crinoline cage I got with the dress is not quite the same of course. Mine is white, and the flexible parts are from plastic, (they certainly were not that in the 1800's ha ha) But it is near to it. My dress is beautiful, I tried it on albeit with the help of my partner :-) With the plastic in that crinoline cage you have to handle it with care, otherwise it will break. You look up your size in the size chart below and order online easy!! :-) I love it, as I always wanted a dress like that when I was a kid, now I have one. Would love to put it on and wear it to town, and see the reaction of the public!!! As some modern fashions like huge trashy holes in jeans is to me hideous, not even fashion. So give it a try. Good luck :-)
minigingerbunnies I recommend learning to sew, then you can make your own!
I like how the description said happy crinolining!😀😀
Compared to the cages and dresses I have seen in France, this one is very moderate, and the size that was in fashion about 1857. Is is also very British. The skirts were much wider in Germany, France, the states among the higher classes/wealthy ladies. A promenade dress from 1859-60 could be double the size of this, if you were a wife or daughter to a rich man. The flexibility of the cage varied a lot too. With the introduction of steel the skirt could increase. In France, couturier C.F. Worth introduced silk again by the end of the 1850s. As silk is so light, the dress could be made larger. / Bo Persson, M.A in History of Textiles & Dress.
the sizes differed depending on the purpose of the dress and occasion - but the movement in them is basically the same. Despite many satirical illustrations showing huge skirts, there is very little to show the evidence of the trly enormous cages, judging from the preserved clothing and the circumference of the skirts.
also - silk was worn all the time, if you could afford it, before and during Victorian era - Worth and other designers made a fantastic use of it, but they didn't not really ' introduce' it... lots of lovely silk dresses in the 30ties, 40ties and 50ties - as well as in the decades and centuries before
Once again, Izabela, I have to compliment you on how interesting and informative your material is and how well you communicate it. You make learning fun and that's quite a gift.
I love your videos so much! Whenever people online are being ignorant about the way people dressed back in the day, I always link to your videos :P :D
It’s become a dream of mine to someday wear a corset and hoop skirt with a big fancy 1860s dress.
I've only just discovered these videos and I love them, especially the cheeky grins and expressions given towards the cameraman/woman as you demonstrated the different ways of moving around.
Crinoline dresses are so beautiful and graceful
You are all helping me so much with my writing right now thank you!
"daringly flashing an ankle"
the rules of modesty in those times lol.
i mean come on, the ankle is attached to the leg, and the leg leads up to the... ;3
She was joking..
But then in the paintings they were often naked, which confuses me
The crinoline effectively keeps the skirt from tangling in between legs. Actually those old models seem better than the modern ones. I am dreaming of a wedding dress in 50's style, and this makes me think of making this kind of crinoline for it instead of loads of fluffy petticoats. (They did keep crinolines as an option in the 50's, after all.)
OMG....I absolutely loved this video. I belong to many GWTW and other 19th century groups and even 50's groups where I post pics of women in hoops and get all kinds of ridiculous comments about them not fitting through doors or popping up when they sit down and I know from experience that is not true. This video is PROOF!!! I'm subscribing!!!
The gown I wore to my sister's wedding as her maid of honor had crinolines , but they were modern style.(no hoops involved) Interestingly, though, because the skirts were so full, I often did the "squish" to get around the tables at the reception, in order to greet wedding guests. Actually, my gown probably would have fit right in with Victorian times. The bodice itself had boning, so it was like having a built in corset. I still have it; I just can't wear it any longer because I've lost 70 lbs. since then. But I keep it obviously for sentimental reasons. My sister was very prescient; she knew that was the kind of gown I'd always wanted. I felt like a princess!
I'm finishing up my Renaissance festival outfit soon, and this was very helpful! Thank you!
For some reason, I find that part when you toss the skirt up and it falls into position so perfectly 3:44 so mesmerizing! Not to mention the dress itself is a beauty 😍 And the way it is so clear how much fun you're having with this is the absolute best part of it all 😁 clothing is fun, but knowing how to move in it is equally important, and with this kind of extremely structured outfits it's not always clear how to do it. Even modern clothing; I absolutely agree with you, pencil skirts are very hard to move in! High heels are to me a lost cause 😂 We never really abandoned the idea of restrictive clothing being fashionable, we just adapted it.
These are the coolest videos ever!
We, of modern times think we are so clever but the seamstresses of eras gone by really knew their stuff.
I really enjoy watching Izabela's performances. Beautiful outfits, lively presentation, charming personality!
The actress is such a delight( badass & sweet). It is quite a comprehensive production, thank you.
Thank you.
The white dress is so, so beautiful.... I have it!!
I had to wear a hoop skirt many years ago for my quinceanera party. It was not hard to walk, dance, or sit while wearing it. Going to the ladies room was another story and I needed help with that.
I admire all the victorian dresses i want to wear them because now im getting to learn that they are not that hard to dress in
never knew how I wanted my wedding dress just knew it had to have an old design and I hated the modern puffy dress but I love these
@@debragibes4044 I doubt women would be wearing a crinoline and full skirt for mountain climbing or biking. Priorattire herself has videos of outfits women wore for horse riding, shooting, tennis, and beachwear. Karolina Zebrowska has a video of her rock wall climbing in Edwardian clothing, and like any sensible woman from the era, she doesn't have her sunday best on for rock wall climbing. Boots, breeches, a shorter skirt, and a corset that's practically just the bones sewn together.
Another secret shown, and another lovely video which I enjoyed immensely! Thank you so much! ~Janet in Canada
I SO wish many, many old styles would come back.
Thank you very much 😇💖
I found answers to many of the questions that were running through my head
About the clothes of the Victorian period
You are a genius lady
you are so awesome! i love watching your videos, bringing all my historical clothing fantasies to life! :) you are so comfortable in all your prior attire, you really make me think you're a time traveler! LOL!
Thank you so much. This is something I've always wondered about. When I was a child, I thought they couldn't sit at all. As I got older, I realized that was an absurd notion but then how did they do it? Turns out, it's easy. I may try to make one some day. It could be fun
That actually looks like fun to wear.
Thank you for this demonstration! I'm collecting information before I eventually pursue making and wearing dresses and skirts like these.
If only I had a chance to try wearing those fluffy, floating and elegant dresses! I love your movement, you are so adorable!
Loving all your videos on these subjects- really fascinating and will be showing them in my history lessons :-)
I was always curious how to move in those big dresses. They are beautiful. 😍
Beautiful I wish i could step back in time
What is the song in the backround! I like it
Beyond helpful and sensible!
I love these type of dresses!
The white dress is absolutely beautiful 😍
Very educational, not to mention super cute! ^^
I wish i could dress like this every day 😭 im absolutely terrible at sewing but id love to learn how to make these clothes like you do
i wish we could still use these
Actually, you can. They are not illegal. There are places where you would not be allowed to, but for the most part, if women simply starting wearing that, at the beginning people would just stare and then it would become normal.
oh that white dress was so dreamy and floaty... Like a puffy cloud with a dainty torso on top ^^
Your crinoline seems very flexible and I was wandering, do you know if that was a norm? I mean were there occasions when the manufacturers used more stiff boning in their crinolines? maybe to cut the costs?
+Anaterka I have used what was used in the past - flat metal bones. I used 11mm and 13mm in different models and both behave the same. You can see wire crinolines as well - so using even less of a weight and both materials were relatively cheap. From the record available we know that a variety of boning was used, especially if the crinoline was home made. I made and wore an Elizabethan farthingale made with cane as boning - and it works just as well as metal.
+priorattire thanks
Love when you walked the dress.
it does look like your floating as another poster mention.
The nice white dress made me wonder. Is it hard to wash the dresses. And to keep them shining white?
not much - it is all cotton and linen, easy to wash in the past, and in the present. one of the reasons cotton was so popular
laartje24
I was wondering the same thing. That white dress is so beautiful that I'd be afraid to wear it! It is so elegant.
I love your videos. Thanks for sharing. ❤️ Lynne
It seem to be so easy, haha !
I really love your suit, so beautiful !
sorry for my english I'm french.
oh I absolutely loved it when she twirld around.
adored this video, you showed very well. Very Well Done!
Its so beautiful!!!
OMG I love so much your videos!! :3 Big hug from Colombia.
I could gush all day at how gorgeous these dresses etc are😍i wanna live like that❤️☺️
Really beautiful fashion! 👌 my friend. thanks for share.
I love watching your videos 🥰
Very interesting&useful! Thank you!
Oh how gorgeous those things are! I want to get one but everyone will make fun of me...and when will I probably never even wear it, it's not like I can wear it to a birthday party. I mean I could wear it to prom or homecoming but if I'm only going to use it for that then why even bother...😔 they are absolutely gorgeous though!
Vane Draws Go ahead and wear it to prom! Any fancy dance party will work, I wore mine to the 4-H Teen Conference banquet dance.
One question: I've always wondered what it was like for ladies to go to the theatre/opera. Were seats bigger or spaced wider apart in those days? I can see that it's easy enough to sit, but in small seats, close up to others, with arm rests etc I've always wondered what it was like; and not just for the lady concerned, but for the people sat either side of her for those two and a half hours.
Well, a guess: the better folk had their own boxes, where there is more room than on the parquet.
the dress is very beautiful the way it moves
This is so funny the expressions you do they way you act it and the way you describe it in word on the side it so funny
Beautifully done you sure have fun getting dressed in period costumes.
I adore victorian fashion and i will wear victorian fashion when I'm older thank you !!!!!!!!!!
Your home looks lovely!!
I wish we still dressed like this
This would happen if women simply started doing it. Why don't you?