Squirm around pulling down their bodices -- well, you know, there's a modern day fashion equivalent, sort of. A rather well-known TV show had crew members pulling down on their shirt every time they have to stand up. :-) And many fashions are not known for their practicality.
Combine this theory with the "must have been chillier then" theory, and you've got: Ladies who wore fashionably lightweight fabrics even while it was chilly outside, had to pull it down frequently or take it in every week. More practical ladies would do something else.
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Date: 2005-10-07 05:49 am (UTC)Combine this theory with the "must have been chillier then" theory, and you've got: Ladies who wore fashionably lightweight fabrics even while it was chilly outside, had to pull it down frequently or take it in every week. More practical ladies would do something else.