~bits of vintage past..I look at these pictures and I can't imagine living in a dress that big and heavy when it is so hot and muggy outside...and no ice, or refrigeration? I am in awe that humans made it through that kind of torture!~
I am, however, envious that these ladies knew what fine linen was...fine silk and lace...hand tatted edgings and tiny stitches... I wish that we had that kind of workmanship now and that it was the norm, as opposed to the usual awkward stitching and substandard work that we buy daily... How wonderful to have a trousseau and to be taught these arts by rote..nothing out of the ordinary; simply what a woman needs to know to create beauty around her ....~
