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maryfamilyresearch t1_jd94cwp wrote on March 22, 2023 at 6:43 PM

Reply to comment by paper_swan in Silly question for those who have read Jane Eyre by omniicrafter

Take a look at this photo of an 1830s to 1850s frock:

https://mode.nms.ac.uk/victorian-frock-coat/

maryfamilyresearch t1_jd947q9 wrote on March 22, 2023 at 6:42 PM

Reply to Silly question for those who have read Jane Eyre by omniicrafter

Have a look at this frock from the 1850s from Scotland:

https://mode.nms.ac.uk/victorian-frock-coat/

See how the frock flairs out below the buttons? That is called a skirt too. The frock skirt flairs out so much bc it is expected to go over her regular skirt.