At 10:27 AM 1/19/2012, you wrote:
This topic is really interesting. My great grandmother, post
Victorian and a very conservative dresser, wore a red winter
petticoat. I believe it was flannel. When I was young I though that
it was amazing and wanted one of my own. I wonder how ideas and
colors of underpinnings have changed.
Angelique
Grandmother was a tee totaling Methodist and not wild in the least.
She did bake an excellent sugar cream pie and smelled like Lavendar.
Apparently, the idea was that "red" wool would be warmer than other
colors. I have made a red wool flannel petticoat for winter wear
under my 1840's outfit for Sutter's Fort. But as far as I have found,
your shift (chemise) and any other underclothes that actually touch
the skin would be white linen or cotton for easier laundering.
Joan Jurancich
joa...@surewest.net
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