I had mine very cheap and from amazon for my 7kg wedding dress and had zero issues. I think this comes from the metal crinolins who are often depicted as whole metal cages.
My parents used to civil war reenact. You sitting down at the end activated a memory of my mom sitting in her favorite large green and black gown. She always looked like a queen when she did.
I still don't know how she did it lol the chair has arms and she must have been sitting on half of one butt cheek! 😂 And for the arms of the chair to not get in the way of the hoops! Wild! I was curious about how women sat in these dresses very recently! Perfectly timed video!
@@AstaDarlingcan you do a more detailed video on this, especially for cos players and brides who wear hoops? I feel like you would rescue us from certain embarrassment and being highly uncomfortable all day 😂
You had waayyy too much fun doing this😂I'm afraid that little half laugh after your very graceful example of how a victorian lady sat down gave you away Asta! I am loving it, and I'm laughing my a$$ off!!!😂😂😂
The last sit was graceful! 😊 you think it would be common sense or come natural. Depending on the person they may need to be taught how to sit in that gown. ❤😊
It also depends on where the hoops fall in relation to your body. For me, there was a very *slight* hitch to my bum / posture at the back to lift up the hoops in back, just so that they get forced *down* in front. It's all about leverage and making sure the back of the dress has extra material to pass over the curve of your bottom without pulling the wrong way. You can see her dress, the hoop "catching air" slightly as she goes in for that final landing. She's putting enough material between her skirt waistband and her point of contact with the chair so that it isn't strained down in back...and thus lifted up in front, thanks to the fulcrum / pivot point of the way the dress is constructed. With extra material in back between waist and chair, the hoops have the room to "lift up" in back...which forces them *down* in front.
agreed, and i think it also depends on the occasion or the class/etiquette and such.. Like for photos or portraits i’m sure they wanted to show off more of the dress so perhaps draping it over the chair or stool that way it still looks full, etc.
@@Breegan Oh no, it just pouffs out like that. It was *meant* to do that (as well as look awesome, plus show off extra fabric as a sign of wealth). Why? Because it was a way for ladies to "reclaim space" around men who would try to get extra close to ladies they thought were gorgeous, even if those ladies didn't like them.
The second sit down was funny as hell, I’d love a guest to walk into my living room and just flip the back of their dress up the couch and use it as a neck rest😂
thank you for saying “western women”! it’s a little thing, but a great reminder that other cultures were also thriving and had completely different traditions and styles during this time period.
The little goose lookin sit is so fucking cute for no reason, like, imagine a lil goofy person in that dress sitting down in multiple ways until they found how, and then they sit down cris cross apple sauce style and say, "ive been goosified" and then they quietly quak and be content with themself, its is funny to think about and it sounds adorable to think about,
Manners dictated that a lady never sat back; whether in the parlor or dining room. Their backs should not touch the back of any chair, only on a chaise (fainting chair) and only if nobody else was in the room.
Crinolines are so cool, I have to remember them for whenever it is I get to the stage where I can make a big dress, cuz I want to make something like Glinda the Good Witch's fit
i had a hoop skirt for my gown for my grad party and everyone thought i wasn’t going to sit down but the hoop skirt is flexible 😭it was so funny seeing people shocked
