What to wear in London and Paris (circa 1905)
 

For all the female Fodorite time travellers:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ntury-ago.html

They didn't pack light did they? Thanks for sharing that.

Indeed. But Linley Sambourne had other photographic interests his wife appears not to have known about, and what the Daily Mail isn't telling you is that he might have been, shall we say, scouting for models who might be persuaded to show a bit more than their ankles.

Interesting pictures. Glad we women don't have to wear so many clothes today! It makes me hot just thinking about all the petticoats, stockings, corsets, etc.

I had just read the other day that the Flatiron buildign in NYC was named "23 Skidoo" because it created a wind tunnel.

Men would hang out waiting for women to pass and watch the wind blow up their skirts. Policemen were posted there chasing the men away by saying, "skidoo"

So women had to handle those big skirts and keep them down too. Not to mention keep them out of the way.

FoFoBT, thanks for sharing - they look great. I read the DAILY MAIL often.