VI.
For fear that some portions of the costume of Miss Bonnybel, as
here described, may be regarded as merely of our own invention, we
append an “Invoice from England to a Virginia belle,” communicated
by a gentleman of Havover county to the Norfolk Argus, February,
1858:
| A fashionable laced cap, handkerchief, tucker and ruffles |
£7 00 |
| A fashionable brocade suit |
16 00 |
| 3 pair stays |
2 00 |
| 1 blue silk petticoat |
3 00 |
| 1 scarlet cloth under petticoat |
2 00 |
| 1 pair blue satin shoes, buckled and full trimmed |
1 16 |
| 1 hoop |
1 00 |
| 1 pair blue silk stockings |
12 |
| A fashionable silver girdle, £1; 1 fan, £1 |
2 00 |
|
£34 08 |
It will be seen that hoops and scarlet petticoats are by no means
original discoveries of the fair maidens of to-day, and even
blue stock
ings existed a hundred years ago.
