Holy sleeves, Batman!
Day dress, 1834-37 From Historic Deerfield
FANTASTIC example of 1830s sleeves. I’m in a love-hate relationship with them.
what I what just can’t stop staring at those sleeves how does anyone even think that up it looks like the arms are just...
“Those gigot sleeves must have been exagerated in the fashion plates of the time, I mean surely…HOLY MOTHER OF TEXTILES”