[Ansteorra] hoop petticoat

[Sher M]

She's right.  You have to tuck the hoop ever so carefully so when you sit it 
doesn't pop over your head.  Thankfully it did not happen in public and I 
was in Junior High School so it was just a one hoop petticoat.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elisabeth B. Zakes" <

> To sit gracefully, find the hoop that is just below your backside, and 
> lift
> it slightly as you sit so that it rests on the chair behind you. (This 
> works
> best in a chair without arms, by the way.) Then you are sitting on the
> skirt, not on the hoop (which makes the backs of your legs much happier, 
> let
> me tell you!), and pulling it up and back like that keeps the rest of the
> skirt on the ground instead of over your knees. This gets mindlessly easy
> with a short amount of practise, and you'll find you can do it without 
> being
> totally obvious. If you wish, you can also gesture in a ladylike fashion
> with your fan, or offer a hand for a gentleman to bow over, thereby taking
> attention away from what your other hand is doing to the back of your 
> skirt.
> :)
>
> Aethelyan Moondragon
> Bryn Gwlad
>
> On 1/30/08, Stefan li Rous <StefanliRous at austin.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> Runa of the Thundering Herd asked:
>> <<< I don't know your age but did you have to learn how to sit
>> properly in a
>> hoop petticoat?  Lord love a duck... first time I sat down in one it
>> went
>> over my head and I thought Miss Pat was going to have a stroke!>>>
>>
>> No, I can't say I have. :-)
>>
>> So, what is the trick to sitting down in one of those? I assume these
>> are very much like the hoop skirts used late in our period of study.
>> Or are these like the medieval corset and the Victorian corset?
>> Similar, but having major differences in their construction and how
>> they were worn?
>>
>> Stefan
>>
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