Cabbaging Cove

Forgive me Father, for I have sinned… Un Chapitre inedit de l’Histoire du Costume: Le Pantalon Feminin. Pierre Dufay, 1916.

Forgive me Father, for I have sinned…


Un Chapitre inedit de l’Histoire du Costume: Le Pantalon Feminin. Pierre Dufay, 1916.

6 2.05.12. 1900s,1910s,1916,fashion,bloomers,dust cap,underwear,culture,religion,prayer,costume,

Fun-loving ladies.


Un Chapitre inedit de l’Histoire du Costume: Le Pantalon Feminin. Pierre Dufay, 1916.

5 2.04.12. bloomers,silly,goofy,1900s,1910s,1916,fashion,underwear,lingere,girls,cats,ladies,
She’ll break your heart. Un Chapitre inedit de l’Histoire du Costume: Le Pantalon Feminin. Pierre Dufay, 1916.

She’ll break your heart.


Un Chapitre inedit de l’Histoire du Costume: Le Pantalon Feminin. Pierre Dufay, 1916.

4 2.03.12. 1910s,fashion,lingere,underwear,1916,women,seduction,bedroom,

Mirror, mirror…


Un Chapitre inedit de l’Histoire du Costume: Le Pantalon Feminin. Pierre Dufay, 1916.

2 2.03.12. women,fashion,culture,style,underwear,bloomers,1910s,1916,lingere,

Home From the Soiree

Un Chapitre inedit de l’Histoire du Costume: Le Pantalon Feminin. Pierre Dufay, 1916.

6 2.03.12. underwear,1910s,1916,party,soiree,france,bloomers,lingere,underwear,

The Burlesque, and The Beau Lost


Un Chapitre inedit de l’Histoire du Costume: Le Pantalon Feminin. Pierre Dufay, 1916.

10 2.02.12. underwear,1910s,1916,beau,beauty,fashion,lingere,vintage,war,bloomers,france,

Time with friends…

Un Chapitre inedit de l’Histoire du Costume: Le Pantalon Feminin. Pierre Dufay, 1916.

33 2.01.12. 1910s,1916,underwear,bloomers,pantaloons,lingere,fashion,stylish,friends,girls,
Un Chapitre inedit de l’Histoire du Costume: Le Pantalon Feminin. Pierre Dufay, 1916.

Un Chapitre inedit de l’Histoire du Costume: Le Pantalon Feminin. Pierre Dufay, 1916.

4 2.01.12. 1910s,1916,pantaloons,underwear,fashion,lingere,
Un Chapitre inedit de l’Histoire du Costume: Le Pantalon Feminin. Pierre Dufay, 1916.

Un Chapitre inedit de l’Histoire du Costume: Le Pantalon Feminin. Pierre Dufay, 1916.

8 1.31.12. pierre dufay,1910s,1916,underwear,pantaloon,lingere,Bonne Saint Valentin...,fashion,culture,risque,
“Bloomer Club” Cigar Box Cover An 1890’s satiric lid for a cigar box, featuring women in the just-barely-acceptable new styles of skirtless knickerbockers (Bloomers) at a swanky social club. Of course, late-Victorian gender mores were still very rigid in many aspects of society, especially in formal settings, so this was an absurd satirical proposition. The acceptable settings for bloomers (at least for the more progressively-minded - many people still felt scandalized by them in general) were not restricted to when one was bicycling. Sports such as basketball were also becoming more acceptable for women, and nonrestrictive clothing was a “must” in those arenas, as well.

“Bloomer Club” Cigar Box Cover

An 1890’s satiric lid for a cigar box, featuring women in the just-barely-acceptable new styles of skirtless knickerbockers (Bloomers) at a swanky social club. Of course, late-Victorian gender mores were still very rigid in many aspects of society, especially in formal settings, so this was an absurd satirical proposition.

The acceptable settings for bloomers (at least for the more progressively-minded - many people still felt scandalized by them in general) were not restricted to when one was bicycling. Sports such as basketball were also becoming more acceptable for women, and nonrestrictive clothing was a “must” in those arenas, as well.

262 1.25.12. risque,bloomers,underwear,women,fashion,cigar box,satire,1890s,bicycle,sports,women's rights,