A Review of Girlism No. 13

This review is a bit late, but late is better than never!

Girlism is a Chinese lolita fashion magazine. Today we will be looking at issue 13, which was released in 2021.

Lara's Doll Dress Review

Earlier this year, there was an old school style dress by a Chinese brand that got a lot of attention. It is the Lara’s Doll series by Little Bear Lolita. This brand is well known for making a lot of cotton old school style dresses.

After several months of production and a couple more for shipping, I finally got the dress! So I am here to do a little review for you with a lot of pictures.

When I first took this dress out of the box, I was super impressed with just how beautiful it looked. It is very heavy and made out of 100% cotton. It is a much thicker cotton compared to some of my cotton AP or Baby items.

The ribbon and lace are extremely nice and don’t feel cheap at all. A lot of Chinese brands have trouble selecting the right type of lace for old school style dresses, but this one is perfect. The ribbon is a nice quality and feels just right for this style of dress.

The sleeves are detachable and are attached using three buttons. This is one fewer button than I am used to with detachable sleeves, but it still holds it in place well.

I didn’t notice this until much later on, but flipping the collar up reveals that the ladder lace… doesn’t go all the way up. This is extremely weird but at the same time, the collar will always be laid flat so it shouldn’t be visible. It goes up past the lace on the collar, so it doesn’t show through the lace either.

To get into this dress, there is an invisible zipper on the left side. It’s extremely hard to tell where it is at first glance since it lines up with the lace around the waist so neatly.

I don’t mind invisible zippers personally, but they are harder to zip up for a lot of people out there. It will be especially tricky near the waist.

Onto the back now~

The back has a bustle which I guess I forgot was a thing with this dress.

This is the button and loop at the top of the back of the dress. You are supposed to unbutton it to put it on so your head fits through the hole, then button it back up when worn. 

It may be hard to tell, but there are pintucks along the bottom of the skirt that go all the way around, except for the bustle.

The fabric for the bustle appears to be a single layer of cotton with a serged edge. Weirdly though, it is attached to a white layer instead of a black one. It may not be noticeable in normal wear, but if the bustle gets messed up, it will show.

The actual lining is also white. The fabric that the bustle is attached to is a separate panel of white fabric. A lot of dresses these days have polyester lining, but this one is actually cotton!

The waist ties are attached by buttons that have a faint ribbon print on them? I guess all the buttons on this dress have the ribbon print on it. The actual waist ties themselves are made of the same cotton as the dress, but since they are double sided, it makes them feel extremely thick and harder to tie a neat bow with.

As for the sizing and fit, it is extremely comfortable and will likely become one of my regular daily dresses. I ordered the XL size (100cm bust) to fit my bust and it does really well. In fact, the waist hits where it is supposed to. Since it was supposed to be made bigger overall, the shoulders are a little too wide for me, but I should have expected this. The dress is a bit short since it was designed with the idea to wear matching peeking bloomers underneath, but it looks fine as a regular dress. It hits me just above the knee with a petticoat on.

I also bought the matching bonnet! So I guess I will tell you now that the black on the bonnet is a slightly different shade than the dress. I’m not sure why. It is not noticeable at all when worn.

There are two clips on the inside of the bonnet to help it stay in place. It feels sturdier than just having combs sewn in, but it does hurt my hair and take longer to put on this way if I want to use them. The ribbon to tie off the bonnet is sturdy enough that I might not need the clips.

A really nice detail is that there is wire inside along the edge of the bonnet to help with the shape. It’s tempting to expand it out all the way but I find it looks best when it’s scrunched up a bit to the proper size for my own head. There is some kind of interfacing so it also sticks up like it should instead of flopping over. A lot of half bonnets are generally soft and have no structure to them so this is very nice to have.

The pink bows lining the inside of the bonnet appear to be sewn on last. I can see that the knots for them are shown on the outer side of the bonnet. Since it’s black thread on a black bonnet, you can’t see them that well, but that kind of bothered me since it’s a weird thing to cheap out on.

Overall, the dress and bonnet are gorgeous and well worth it. I am a little disappointed that there was so much care and attention to certain details, but they cheaped out on other parts. However, this doesn’t affect my enjoyment of the dress at all and I am super happy that I ordered it.

I would definitely be willing to buy from Little Bear Lolita again!

 

You can check them out here:

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Weibo: https://www.weibo.com/u/6315005400

Bonus! It also came with a few freebies - a postcard, clear file, and keychain. I am putting this at the end since it isn’t as important. I am also unsure if you will still get these when buying leftover stock. I did the preorder.

The clear file has different illustrations on the front and back, showing all the different colorways for this dress.

The keychain is small, but I absolutely adore it! It only comes in this colorway (the most popular one). The brand really didn’t have to do this, but it made me even more excited for the dress. I will keep it and cherish it forever.

That’s all for now. Please let us know if you’d like to see more dress reviews like this!

Chrysanthemum

Magic Mutant Nightmare Girl, A Lolita Fashion Review

Disclaimer: This post is not sponsored. The novel was bought for the purposes of making an honest review. May contain spoilers.

Magic Mutant Nightmare Girl is a YA novel that has been posted a few times on the Lolita Updates Facebook group, so we decided to buy it and give it an honest review from the perspective of lolita fashion wearers. 

This post is a collaboration between a few members of this blog.

Story

It begins with Holly Roads and her best friend Chi Ho leaving a restaurant on her birthday. She remembers a prophecy from Chi Ho’s Nai Nai about avoiding alleyways. When Holly parts ways with Chi Ho, she encounters a pair of mutants and ends up killing one of them before fleeing home. 

The next day, a man named Michael Brannon shows up to her apartment after confirming she was involved with the mutant incident the previous night. She is then introduced to Nunez and later to Kyle and Doctor Laura who, along with Brannon, are all part of a secret government organization called N.E.R.D. that is responsible for creating a serum for soldiers to make them stronger and faster.

It is revealed that someone had broken into their lab on the same day the mutants had attacked Holly. Holly realizes that she is no longer fully human and agrees to help N.E.R.D.

 

This leads to a search around the city for the second mutant, a few sleepovers with the members of N.E.R.D. as they planned what to do, and a grand finale at a big lolita tea party.

Lolita Fashion Excerpts

Since Holly wears lolita fashion, we get to see a few instances where she tries to explain it and the culture surrounding the fashion. Let’s take a look at a few snippets to review how well it explains lolita.

First chapter where Holly and Chi Ho leave the restaurant they are at.

Chrysanthemum: The reaction from other people every 5 minutes is greatly exaggerated. I guess it is a way to set up expectations for how outlandish lolita may look.

Milk Tea: To me this section reads like a cross between an NLOG (Not Like Other Girls) blogpost and a Wikipedia article. To those who know about lolita fashion, this is all information we know. To people who don’t know about lolita fashion,  this is being blasted by a lot of information all at once which makes it hard to digest. 

After the encounter with the mutants, Holly arrives home, realizing her dress is ruined.

Chrysanthemum: I’m not sure a non-lolita would understand or even care about Puppet Circus. Surely though, it could be washed?

Milk Tea: Also is knowing the dress is from 2006 really relevant? People who know what Puppet Circus is are already impressed by Holly flaunting it. To other people a dress from 2006 just isn’t impressive.

Holly realizes her eyelids are more lavender than red when crying

Chrysanthemum: Okay, why Japanese tourists specifically? Maybe because of the location. I don’t know if San Francisco has a high population of Japanese tourists. I laughed. It reminds me of weebs thinking that any Japanese person’s opinion is gold.

Milk Tea: Plus the sprinkling of the Japanese terminology out of nowhere is pretty typical weeb behavior. 

Brannon and Holly are in her apartment when he starts commenting on her fashion style.

Chrysanthemum: I really don’t think anyone talks like this in real life. It breaks the immersion and I don’t quite agree with this explanation of lolita either.

Milk Tea: Again the author spirals into a Wikipedia post. It reminds me of how newbies tend to react to these kinds of accusations.  I know it feels like you’re being attacked when this happens, but going on a rant like this just makes you seem unhinged.

 

I’d also like to add that Holly contradicts herself here when she says “I’m not a bubble headed escapist” after previously saying that she wore lolita "to keep the world at bay to shield my porcelain heart". There’s nothing wrong with using lolita as some escape from daily life, every person has their own reason to wear lolita. you don’t have to validate yourself to anyone.

Lastly, since when has sweet lolita been connected to rave aesthetics??

Brannon wants to come along to the tea party Holly wants to attend and lure Hugo to.

Chrysanthemum: I can see this as a result of Holly’s jealousy causing her to think irrationally. She doesn’t want people to fawn over Brannon because she thinks he’s hot. Really though, lolitas are not like this unless you subscribe to the stereotypes of lolitas being mean bullies. It could be her anxiety talking.

Description of the tea party.

Milk Tea: This whole chapter really makes me wonder if the author has ever participated in a lolita event. The whole chapter reads like a Deerstalkers inspired parody of the lolita community. 

Chrysanthemum: I am very convinced that Holly is an unreliable narrator now. This is all the stereotypes of mean lolitas rolled up into one event. Regardless, it paints lolitas in such a negative light. I almost choked on the water I was drinking when I first read this.

Glossary

Chrysanthemum: EGL is not a formal name for lolita!

Milk Tea: I’m not sure all these terms were even mentioned in the book. Putting the glossary at the end also means that some of the terms have already been thoroughly explained while reading (Such as “Lolita Community”, “Headbow” or “Bonnet”.)

Reviews + Final Thoughts

Given that this is a Young Adult novel, what is everyone’s final thoughts on this novel? Would you recommend it to a non-lolita or a newbie? What age group would it be suitable for? Let’s take a look at what everyone thinks.

Chrysanthemum:

I read this novel with the expectation that it would involve magical girl elements, but I was wrong. Holly wears a fantastical fashion style and her Usakumya appears to talk sometimes, but there were rarely any things in it that made me think it included a sense of magic and whimsy that is often found in magical girl stories. It is just another fantasy YA novel, but it involves lolita as a way to gather an audience of readers.

Magical girl as a genre holds a special place in my heart as it embodies the idea that cuteness is not weakness. You can be strong while still looking cute and enjoying the things you love. It’s alright to be flawed and make mistakes. It’s important to have friends who can support each other and it’s okay to fall in love. 

Most notably, there should be a sense of justice that isn’t just based on the black and white thinking that all bad guys are bad and deserve it. This novel bothered me a lot because it seemed like Holly had little remorse for the people/mutant she killed. The random robber’s death in the first half was justified with a brief passage about his history of crime and fails to realize that he was human with so many other aspects to him.

Holly has her flaws, like most protagonists. However, she comes off as bratty and selfish without any redeeming qualities. She is completely unlikeable, often having moments that should make us want to sympathize with her, but ultimately failing and making it seem like she is going ‘woe is me’. While the mutant powers she has gave her physical strength, she doesn’t have any other strength besides being a complete asshole, especially to Brannon. She sexualizes him by thirsting over him throughout the book while also acting like a tsundere by denying her feelings for him. At no point did I see anything that seemed like she was nice to him. He comes off as mean because this story is told from her perspective and I got the impression that all these slights against her are in her head.

Her best friend Chi Ho also gave me a lot of pause. She is like the Asian best friend of the main character in a children’s cartoon. Her role in the story is to sit idly by while making sure her best friend is alright. I can’t help but think that her character is based on stereotypes. While some Chinese people do live in Chinatown, I find it a very odd location combined with her name. It gives off a fake Chinese name vibe much like Cho Chang. 

As for the lolita aspects, they are sprinkled in. It seemed like the lolita community and culture aspects are from the viewpoint of a newbie who still has negative stereotypes about lolitas as a group of mean girls who will gossip and compete with each other. These things are completely untrue based on my experience. I can see the appeal of this book towards a very young aspiring lolita who believes themselves to be special just like Holly, but overall I do not think it portrayed lolita in a positive light.

I can definitely see that this novel was a labour of love. No one who makes lolita content does it to get rich. They do so because of their love of the fashion. I’m a bit sad that it misses the mark for what I expected based on the marketing. I do appreciate that this was an effort to create another piece of lolita media for people to enjoy and that there is an audience who likes this type of story. I was a bit shocked at the negative Good Reads reviews for this book and had hoped to prove them wrong, but they were actually pretty reasonable criticisms after all.

Milk Tea: 

I haven’t read a young adult novel in years, but I used to enjoy them a lot when I was the target demographic. I was hoping to enjoy this novel as well but was sadly disappointed. The lolita aspect which is the “niche” the author chose to appeal to their audience is unfortunately lacking, be it the long winded explanations, overprotectiveness of the main character which makes every questioning of the fashion a direct attack or simply how our introduction to lolita is from a character who is very unlikeable.

While it appears that the author did attempt to investigate lolita fashion it does not feel like they have interacted with the community (And perhaps even actively dislike it like Holly seems to.) As someone who is a community admin and active in the community I have never encountered the “hierarchy” Holly mentions and only seen the level of cattiness she describes in anonymous online forums (Who’s participants may not even take part in the fashion.) I was hoping to see a novel that celebrates our fashion and which brings so many people together but I am afraid that a beginner lolita or someone unaware of the fashion at all will come away with an unbiased fear of our community after reading this novel.

As for the novel itself I found myself confused by descriptions and actions of the characters several times. From the unclear first sentence  "Chocolate icing stained my dress an hour before I got drenched in blue blood and a pinch of magic. When we stood to leave, I saw the blob and shrieked." to the time when Holly stops to describe her clothes while panicking and rushing out to find her phone to avoid being connected to a murder. The writing of the characters jumps between trying to act natural to speeches that are only heard on stage.

When it comes to the plot it feels like a generic “Teen gets superpowers and needs to save the world from an evil organization”. The one interesting plot twist is there for drama and not an actual plot twist, while the “true mastermind” is hardly introduced as a character (And even outright dismissed as a possibility.) until after their reveal. The “romantic drama” is compressed to an “Is he gay?” question and a crush which the author spoils before even beginning the story as part of their “trigger warnings”.

The novel also felt unnecessarily “woke” to a point of being slightly offensive. Every character's sexuality and race is described even if it has no connection to the plot (For example, do we really need to know that the mutant is of Pacific Island heritage?) and Holly's attraction to Brannon only seems to really bloom once she assumes his sexuality and decides he isn't straight, as if she can only allow herself to be attracted to LGBTQ+ people. I also feel like the amount of gore makes the novel inappropriate for a younger audience while older audiences might feel spoken down to. 

To add a nicer note, I really enjoyed the ending imagery of Usakumya falling out of the helicopter and reflecting the falling scene from Kamikaze Girls. This was the kind of wink to lolita fashion that I was hoping to see throughout the book and it’s a shame it only happens once towards the end.

In short, I did not find this novel enjoyable. The target audience is unclear. I would not recommend it to people who are unfamiliar or new to the fashion as it does not do a good job of introducing lolita or the community and veteran lolitas will find the long explanations tiring and the plot disconnected from the lolita aesthetic. 

We hope you enjoyed this honest review and please remember that this is just the opinions of some of the writers of this blog. We do encourage people to read it themselves!

A Close Look at Angelic Pretty's Dream Marine JSK

This isn’t so much a real “review” as much as it is just a closer look at this dress! Whenever I was interested in a dress, I would also want to see more images of it, or people just talking about  their thoughts on it. I also wanted to see more details of the dress - dresses always look so much better in real life, so it’s nice to see information about it online as well.

Today’s review is going to be Angelic Pretty’s Dream Marine

I have the white colorway, in the JSK cut.  Personally I got the white colorway because I think it makes the print pop out the most. I think navy would be in second place for best colorway.  I originally wanted the OP, but the tiered skirt of the JSK cut won me over. I’m always a sucker for a tiered dress ♡.  Something about them just looks so princessy!

The Dress

Here’s a first look at the dress.

The dress has sparkly chiffon, similar to the one AP used in Fruity Lemon.

The shells are so pretty, and I really love it as a simple, marine motif! The lace on each of the tiers is also very simple, but I think it is effective for this style of dress. The lace almost mimics the scallops you see in the shells.

The bow is really large, and has pearls droplet beads on the ends (shown below).  There are also pearl droplet beads on the ends of the waist ties. I’m not a giant fan of the material of the big bow, and I almost wish it was not so shiny.

Thoughts on the Dress

I really, really like this dress! It’s very airy, and I think it works well as a summer dress. The chiffon was a good choice for a summery vibe. The only thing negative I have would be that this dress feels a teensy bit itchy. I am someone with sensitive skin, and the chiffon halter neck can feel uncomfortable on the skin. Other people with sensitive skin may want to that this into consideration, but to be honest, it doesn’t bother me that much. It’s enough for me to tolerate.

Other Info

Here is the Lolibrary Info for the Dream Marine JSK!

This dress was rereleased a couple times, and came in a skirt and OP cut, as well as the JSK of course. The first release came in more solid colors such as white, navy, sax, and lavender. There was another release which was called “Brilliant Color” which had gradient colors, and came in pink x sax, navy, and lavender. In a 2018 rerelease for Dream Marine, it came in two new colors - black, and green.

I really love this dress, and it’s a great addition to my collection of marine themed dresses :D I really like it as a non-border print type of dress. I usually prefer border prints over these, but this one particularly caught my eye. What’s even better is that I like how it looks on me despite being a high waisted dress.

Thank you for reading!

Lady Grey 

Kamikaze Girls and Versailles: Part 3

In the story Shimotsuma Monogatari, renamed Kamikaze Girls in the English translation, the main character Momoko expresses her adoration for 18th century life in Versailles. I often revisit this novella and the movie when I want to get in the lolita spirit, but as a self-proclaimed history buff, I tend to have a hard time getting through the parts where Momoko imagines what life was like. In this series, I’ll do my best to dispel and explain the bits that Momoko, and to that extent, Novala Takemoto got right – and wrong about life in 18th century France.

On page 8, Momoko explains that people of the Rococo period would style themselves in the most outrageous manner - tightening one’s corset in order to make their waists impossibly tiny, so that when they had even the smallest shock, they’d have to be carried off to recover - which was considered attractively lady-like. They would also pile their hair higher and higher with elaborate styles. It would have taken their servants hours and hours to help their mistresses get ready. Their hair styles doubled their height, so that even on their knees, they’d be unable to get through the door.

There’s so much wrong about Momoko’s assumptions, but from reading on, I gathered that this misinformation is the author’s way of explaining Momoko’s philosophy in which sometimes being reasonable doesn’t guarantee happiness. That being said, let’s learn about what ladies’ fashion was really like in pre-Revolutionary 18th century France.

Corsets and corset-like pieces have had a long history with evidence dating back since Minoan times, but when we’re talking about 18th century France, these structured undergarments weren’t always called corsets, but rather they’re referred to as “stays”. The shape of this garment was made so that the torso appeared conical and flat while pushing the bust up and the back erect.

Stays 1770 – 1790 red damask, Courtesy of Victoria & Albert Museum.

Unlike what Hollywood wants you to think about corsets, these structured undergarments weren’t terribly uncomfortable. Women, and sometimes men, of all classes wore them between a chemise or shift (a cotton or linen undershirt that protects the outer clothes from oils and sweat) and their outer clothes. An overwhelming majority of the population were from the working class. People who wore the corset or stays found them useful in supporting their backs from back-breaking work, and they would have been made with more comfortable fabrics such as leather. Wealthier wearers may use more luxurious fabrics, such as decorative silk, but it still would have been relatively comfortable due to clothes being bespoken to fit the wearer and made with natural materials (as synthetic dyes and fabrics weren’t invented yet).

Tight-lacing was heard of, but only practised by the privileged few, and would have been difficult to achieve because metal eyelets were not yet invented in order to pull the lacing tight enough without breaking. Poorer wearers couldn’t afford a servant to help them into clothes and generally corseted themselves from the front with a garment called “jumps” by spiral lacing in enough to fit the body. Jumps were made with less boning thus were softer and more comfortable for everyday wear while providing breast support. The comfort and convenience of this garment proved quite popular among women and the medical community of the time who criticised heavily boned back-lacing corsets for being less healthy.

Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum

It’s very likely that images depicting an aristocratic woman being tightened in her corset with assistance were satirical bits from men who were making fun of fashionable women or an image of sexual fantasy, however, it is true that the wealthier the person was, the more cumbersome the clothes got. For further reading on 18th century stays, click here.

John Collett

Tight Lacing, or Fashion Before Ease [1777]

© Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University

While one of the main points of corsetry is to mold the body in a socially attractive shape, the appearance of an impossibly tiny waist is an illusion of many components, including a stomacher, pannier, bum roll, and many petticoats. A stomacher refers to a decorative triangular panel of stiffened fabric which would have been pinned onto the front of the corset.

An 18th century stomacher. Pins were applied on the side tabs.

Here what appears to be a travel neck pillow tied around the waist is a bum roll or Farthingale. This contraption has been around as early as the 16th century and helps add volume under the skirts. The bum roll was a casing stuffed with cotton, wool, or other fillings (known as bombast), and was sometimes wired. This was mostly used for robe à l’Anglaise (English dress) and robe à la Polonaise (Polish dress) which featured a softer, rounder silhouette that was more practical for everyday wear.

Robe à l’Anglaise

Robe à la Polonaise

The extreme 18th century silhouette of a wide skirt is credited to the invention of the side hoops or pannier, which is French for basket. In spite of the French popularity, its origin is Spanish and was developed after the popularity of the Spanish farthingale. It’s usually made of wood, cane, metal, or whale-bone, and made to widen the sides of the skirts to create an illusion of wide hips and a tiny waist, but flatten the front.

Hoop petticoat or pannier, England, 1750

Fashion historians argue that this garment was not a novelty and was worn throughout the 18th century, but width and changes in silhouette occurred over time. These were worn among all classes, however, poorer ladies would have worn panniers that were smaller and less cumbersome and/or made of poorer quality. When these were at the height of fashion, the wealthiest of ladies were known to strut the court in panniers as wide as seven feet!

Friend: We’re having a little get-together, dress casual
Me:

Robe à la Française, 1750s

Another extreme look from this time is of course the ostentatiously tall hair-dos. Unlike the use of the panniers, this was a short-lived trend practised by wealthier circles who could afford to sit down a few hours with a hair dresser. The look was achieved through an accoutrement of pomade and powder, wigs (though only worn as add ons as whole wigs were reserved for men), hair rats, and toupés, hair cushions, pins, and a fair amount of teasing. The pomade was made of animal fat that would have been washed and perfumed to remove the meaty scent. It would have been coated onto hair strands and then powdered, usually with a wheat or potato based starch.

A chemical reaction would occur and cause the hair to be easily sculptable. The hair cushion had something of a ski-slope shape. This would have helped support the ornaments on the hair, as well as made the hair look much bigger from the back. If you’d like to learn more about hair and makeup in the 18th century, I highly suggest pausing to watch this video filmed by Bernadette Banner, featuring Lauren Stowell and Abby Cox of The American Duchess. For a more in-depth look into this period’s views on beauty, read The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Beauty: 40 Projects for Period-Accurate Hairstyles, Makeup and Accessories.

It’s difficult to find evidence that those who wore wide-crinolines and huge hair ever experienced being stuck outside of the party they spent hours getting ready for. I do believe that Novala/Momoko’s assumptions would have been mostly incorrect. For one, this was a short -lived fashion from the mid to late 1770s, mostly practised by the more daring ladies at the court trying to outdo each other, including Queen Marie-Antoinette. Palaces and manors would have had large doors anyway, and the most elegant way of entering a more difficult doorway would involve sweeping into the room sideways.

This period also saw a lot of architectural sprawl. Parklands were a popular destination to see and be seen, and naturally, many social events would have taken place out of doors. If you did an image search of 18th century hair, it is likely that you’ve found satirical images of mostly women with hair of impossible heights. There were rumours of Marie-Antoinette’s hair being as tall as 36 inches, evident in her mother’s letters to her, but generally the hair would have been styled about ¼ to ½ of the length of one’s face.

Hairstyling was more susceptible to trends, but for the most part was not very extreme. In the first half of the 18th century, hair was usually styled closer to the head. A popular hairdo of the time involved tight curls closely pinned to the head, and was referred to as “tête de mouton'' or sheep’s head. Powdering and pomading was primarily part of the French toilette that didn’t really take the rest of Europe by a storm until the 1770s. Once the revolution took hold, gravity defying hair quickly fell out of favor for the “hedgehog” in which the hair was frizzy and wider than it was tall with tails at the base (sort of like an 18th century mullet, if you will).

What do you think about French Rococo fashion? Would you ever try wearing a tall hairdo and wide pannier? If you have worn a history accurate costume, tell us your experiences in the comments below.

Thanks for reading!

Mocha

More sources and further readings:

- Meet Marie-Antoinette’s personal dresser, Rose Bertin

- Watch how 18th century ladies got dressed

- On 18th century panniers and gender

- Part One on Baroque vs Rococo

- Part Two on Prolific Ladies of 19th Century Versailles