Hidden History of Women’s Fashion

388 S. Grand Mesa Dr,Cedaredge CO 81413

12 August, 2021

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Explore the fascinating history of the hidden fashions--women’s undergarments with SCVHS historian, Hope Waibel Our great-grandmothers might have found themselves striving to be fashionable during the Victorian period through the Roaring Twenties and beyond. They strove to display the hourglass figure of the Victorians, the “S” silhouette of the Edwardians, and the boyish angles of the Roaring Twenties. The rising hemlines alone were enough to drive a woman to distraction. So how did Grandma Josephine do it? -- Through the artful use of underpinnings.