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Mrs. Twig

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Mrs. Twig
A photo of Mrs. Twig in 1860s England - dressed to the nines in her crinoline dress.
Date & Place: Not specified or unknown.
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Mrs. Twig in 1860s England - so much clothing! Can you name everything she's wearing? How about what she must be wearing underneath?
Photo of Kathy Howell Kathy Howell
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01/23/2020
I wonder how much all that weights?
Photo of Roy Carol Candy Roy Carol Candy
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01/23/2020
And how long did it take to get into ?
Photo of Kathy Howell Kathy Howell
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01/23/2020
Roy Carol Candy no fooling I don’t see how she could do it herself so probably 2 to 3 more maybe?
Photo of Sue Ann Bucher Wentz Sue Ann Bucher Wentz
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01/23/2020
Cant imagine wearing all that and then having a hot flash!!!
Photo of Donna Appleby Donna Appleby
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01/23/2020
Sue Ann Bucher Wentz my first thought too@@🤣
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01/23/2020
Donna Appleby those layers would have to go!!!!!
Photo of Yvonne Hughey Godwin Yvonne Hughey Godwin
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01/23/2020
Sue Ann Bucher Wentz two words:fainting couch
Photo of Lee Ann Forester Train Lee Ann Forester Train
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01/23/2020
Sue Ann Bucher Wentz going tinkle must have been a chore!
Photo of Sue Ann Bucher Wentz Sue Ann Bucher Wentz
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01/24/2020
Lee Ann Forester Train often wondered about how they squeezed those hoops into an outhouse!!!!
Photo of Donna Appleby Donna Appleby
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01/24/2020
Sue Ann Bucher Wentz in a ripping panic!!
Photo of Pat Hatley Pat Hatley
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01/25/2020
Sue Ann Bucher Wentz You turn them vertically and in the finer outhouses there were hooks to hold their hoops.
Photo of Sue Ann Bucher Wentz Sue Ann Bucher Wentz
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01/25/2020
Thanks....learned something there. The one I used at my grandparents farm or at Girl Scout camp must not have been one of the finer ones!!! So glad we have other options now!!!
Photo of Alana Lee Alana Lee
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01/23/2020
Looks like she's wearing a bed spread 😉 People assume she must be hot, but she's used to wearing layers upon layers. It's just what they did then.
Photo of Brenda Ganim Brenda Ganim
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01/23/2020
Saw a video several months ago, showing a woman dressing a model. I mean literally dressing her - lost count after the tenth piece!
Makes a pretty picture but it must of taken all morning just to get dressed.
Photo of Shannon Michelle Shannon Michelle
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01/23/2020
It did. I bet she had help
Photo of Alice Chateau Alice Chateau
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01/23/2020
...and so heavy🖤
Photo of Drusilla Jean Newton Drusilla Jean Newton
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01/23/2020
Mercy!
Photo of Drusilla Jean Newton Drusilla Jean Newton
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01/23/2020
My great-grandmother had trunks full of such finery. I have often wondered what happened to them
Photo of Lee Ann Forester Train Lee Ann Forester Train
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01/23/2020
Drusilla Jean Newton they’d be worth a fortune!
Photo of DeJean Melton DeJean Melton
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01/23/2020
It was colder then.
Photo of Jane Resler Jane Resler
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01/23/2020
Oh can not even begin to name all of them
Photo of Rochelle Dubois Rochelle Dubois
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01/23/2020
Hat, cloak, shawl, pelt, bow, hoops, corset, binding, petticoat, bloomers, dress, stockings, boots/shoes, muff.. I wonder what I missed?
Photo of Carolyn Hoyt Carolyn Hoyt
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01/23/2020
Rochelle Dubois Time travel for one session of dressing for the day would be very traumatic.
Photo of Lisa Landerman Lisa Landerman
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01/23/2020
Rochelle Dubois shift, apron
Photo of Emilia Martini Emilia Martini
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01/24/2020
Rochelle Dubois i guanti!!!!!
Photo of Kathi Isham Kathi Isham
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01/24/2020
Lisa Landerman also a removable lace collar
She may also be wearing a wig.
Photo of Gina Estrada Nevarez Gina Estrada Nevarez
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01/23/2020
I can't but she was definitely not a pauper.
Photo of Renee Murphree Renee Murphree
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01/23/2020
Gina Estrada Nevarez no, she wasn't.
Photo of Charyl Cook Charyl Cook
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01/26/2020
I can't imagine having to walk around wearing all that weight. I can barely wear my leather coat.
Photo of Martha Jane Martha Jane
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01/23/2020
Must have been very cold there
Photo of Brenda Lichty-Steedley Brenda Lichty-Steedley
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01/23/2020
I'm thinking it was cold in England of the 1860s. I probably would have worn as much or more clothing as this lovely lady.
Photo of Cathy McKray Dailey Cathy McKray Dailey
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01/24/2020
Brenda Lichty-Steedley agreed ...I was thinking the same thing..very cold!!
Photo of Mary Hirsch Mary Hirsch
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01/23/2020
It would take forever to get dressed. You could wear that clothing here in AZ in the summer.
Photo of Shannon Michelle Shannon Michelle
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01/23/2020
Japanese wealthy would wear twenty layers on on top the next
Photo of Bob Gaines Bob Gaines
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01/23/2020
How about getting into and out of all that "stuff"? Must have been a nightmare!
Photo of Lois Stevens-Winn Lois Stevens-Winn
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01/23/2020
Bob Gaines that's why they needed a ladies maid lol
Photo of Lorraine Boyett Lorraine Boyett
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01/24/2020
More like a tragedy Bob Gaines!😲
Photo of Suzanne Berglund-Edwards Suzanne Berglund-Edwards
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01/24/2020
Lois Stevens-Winn true!
Hey, bathroom call! Aaaaaarrrrggghhhh!
Photo of Kateřina Marie Farlíková Kateřina Marie Farlíková
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01/24/2020
Thomas W Collens 🙂

Photo of Robyn Elizabeth Robyn Elizabeth
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01/23/2020
It was and still is cold in England
Photo of Coleen Bontrager Ross Miller Coleen Bontrager Ross Miller
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01/23/2020
Isn't that the same dress that Mary Todd Lincoln is photographed in?
Photo of Balenda Ganem Balenda Ganem
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01/23/2020
This is why the rooms and houses of the wealthy were so big! To accommodate these clothes. Also, it was cold in these huge homes. Transportation wasn’t heated. Once you move away from the fire the cold/damp moves in.
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01/23/2020
Bet she's warm though
Photo of Gloria Sattler Gloria Sattler
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01/23/2020
Can just imagine people of those times their heads would spin to realise just how much is worn today, to then, so such a different era to now, the progress made
Photo of Laura Anderson Laura Anderson
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01/24/2020
Women going out half naked is 'progress'?
Photo of Theresa Ryder Theresa Ryder
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01/23/2020
Yes, curtains and weasels
Photo of Paula Randolph Paula Randolph
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01/23/2020
Must have taken all day to get dressed.
Photo of Yvonne Hughey Godwin Yvonne Hughey Godwin
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01/23/2020
How did they get anything done?
Photo of Laura Anderson Laura Anderson
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01/24/2020
Servants.
Photo of Yvonne Hughey Godwin Yvonne Hughey Godwin
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01/24/2020
Laura Anderson oh yeah that
Photo of Lisa Landerman Lisa Landerman
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01/23/2020
Lady's maids did the chore of dressing and undressing.
Photo of Lee Ann Forester Train Lee Ann Forester Train
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01/23/2020
Hat, mink stole, mink muff, velvet cape, dress, hoop skirt, pantaloons, corset.
Photo of Davi Vallerio Davi Vallerio
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01/23/2020
A hippie family could live inside her dress in a 1969 festival
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01/23/2020
Can you imagine the weight she was carrying on her brain.
I had a Victorian wedding and my dress was gorgeous but it was heavy but I'm glad I was strong enough to wear it.
Photo of Joyce Barnett Russell Joyce Barnett Russell
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01/23/2020
Mrs. Twig! 😊
Photo of Lilly Watson Lilly Watson
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01/24/2020
i would bet theres nothing more than a hoop under the dress to give it the look of fullness. the cape and the cap are real. oh yes and the muff is real. and her under wear.
Photo of Sharon Jose Sharon Jose
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01/24/2020
Can you imagine having to go to the bathroom wearing that stuff ?
Photo of Gail Parsons Cleveland Gail Parsons Cleveland
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01/24/2020
There are some interesting videos on YouTube about dressing like a Victorian (and many other eras) woman. G rated, but show the many layers going on.
Photo of Norma Sawicki Sharp Norma Sawicki Sharp
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01/24/2020
I think it’s stunning and absolutely beautiful!❤️
Photo of Dawn Wright Dawn Wright
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01/24/2020
Must have weighed many pounds. Can't imagine.
Photo of Marilynn Marlow Marilynn Marlow
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01/24/2020
She's very beautiful. Not sure of all the names if the underclothes but at the very least an under skirt, over skirt, some type of bodice/blouse (unless its a one piece dress), a beautiful cape, a muff and a hat...may have had gloves on too
Photo of Susan Blackwell Susan Blackwell
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01/24/2020
Woman that could afford that outfit, would only have to stand there while her maids dressed her. Even with that said it would probably take at least 30-60 minutes.
Photo of Linda Beron Linda Beron
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01/24/2020
I feel sorry for her! lol
Photo of Toni Stamos Toni Stamos
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01/24/2020
When i worked at the sewing shop a woman brought in her era period dress simular to this one and it was so heavy.
Makes you think how strong the woman were back then.
Photo of Helen Marie Helen Marie
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01/24/2020
I think wearing dead animal around the shoulders and the hands in the dead animal muff is creepy.
Photo of Marion LeBleu Marion LeBleu
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01/24/2020
I was a docent at an antebellum mansion. Yes, it’s a lot of clothing to take on and off! Then multiply all those items for costume changes multiple times during the day
Photo of David Phelps David Phelps
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01/24/2020
?? WHY?? so much.?
Photo of Carol Piquard Compton Weir Carol Piquard Compton Weir
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01/24/2020
I could never stand wearing all of that.
Photo of Brenda Bilger Brenda Bilger
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01/24/2020
Definitely not from the poor side of the tracks.
Photo of Judy Schroeder Bingham Judy Schroeder Bingham
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01/24/2020
YIKES!!!
Photo of Gloria Sattler Gloria Sattler
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01/24/2020
Guess Laura Anderson some of us have different versions of half naked
Photo of Garry Gibbs Garry Gibbs
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01/24/2020
She would have spent even more time in the bathroom than they do today!
Photo of Earl Lee Beemer Earl Lee Beemer
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01/24/2020
I love my wife, but oh, you kid! Twenty-three skiddoo!
Photo of Lancine Crain Lancine Crain
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01/24/2020
hope her legs were strong
Photo of Boni Russell Boni Russell
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01/24/2020
Why would it be colder in the 1860s than now?
Photo of Dickie Hill Dickie Hill
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01/24/2020
Perhaps she doesn’t have legs. She is standing, or sitting, still.
Photo of Carrie N Larry Morgan Carrie N Larry Morgan
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01/24/2020
I could not imagine how uncomfortable she must be under all of those clothes and that hat 🥵
Photo of Gloria Rodas Gloria Rodas
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01/25/2020
Fur trimmed velvet cape with matching fur muff tassels, silk dress, hat w/ bow and silk decorations, corset, bodice, petticoat(s) bloomers, probably silk stockings, heeled shoes/boots,
Photo of Gloria Rodas Gloria Rodas
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01/25/2020
Oh and a quilted down filled pelise or jacket
Photo of Jane Smith Jane Smith
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01/27/2020
A nightmare would have been fun! What a supreme effort!
Photo of Marie Hutchison Marie Hutchison
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01/28/2020
To much!
When he was about 3 my son started saying he used to be a woman, he had 5 kids and his name was Mrs. Twig. 😄
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