Two women and a small girl wearing the latest indoor fashions leash The woman on the right

The woman on the right is also wearing a shawl that covers her head which is edged with a Greek key design

a half crinoline

facing him

showing a fashionably dressed woman shielding herself with a fan from the gaze of three men

on June 13th 1855

Two women and a small girl wearing the latest indoor fashions leash The woman on the rightTwo women and a small girl wearing the latest indoor fashions, c1860. In order to achieve this full skirt look, the women would be wearing layers of petticoats and hoop cages, otherwise known as crinolines. Frills and ruffles were also added to the outside of the skirt to make it look even bigger.