Nineteenth century fashion: A series of women were burned alive because of this

Western women in the mid-19th century preferred a very dangerous type of skirt, which could make the wearer himself burned alive.

Are you a fashionable girl, always ready to follow the latest fashions?

If that's true, thank the heavens and earth that I'm born in the 21st century. Because if you lived in the 19th century with a similar personality, you could absolutely be burned alive at any time. The reason is because crinoline - a kind of fashionable women's dress during this period.

This is Crinoline - bulging skirt, inside with steel frame.

Specifically, in the mid-1800s, almost all of the West preferred a puffed skirt with a great spread thanks to the inner steel frame. The skirt's skirt is so big that it makes the wearer unable to interact with anything around him.

One can even use that steel frame to change raincoats.Extremely convenient .

But besides the usual tragedies, it is also a real danger. Because, this dress will become a deadly trap if the wearer is unfortunately too close to the fire.

This dress will become a deadly trap if the wearer unfortunately stands too close to the fire.

The reason is because the structure of the dress makes it hold a lot of air below. Also due to the oversized size, the skirt is also sewn from a lot of fabrics.

This combination makes it very flammable. The structure from the steel frame also inadvertently caused the dress to look like a cage to be locked, and they did not easily escape when there was a problem.

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Another reason that fashion in this period is really dangerous, is because the fabric used to sew the shirt is too flammable. The tragic stories from this fabric also occur very often with dancers in the 19th century.

The dancer was also wearing a skirt made of many layers of fabric to create a spread. Only thing, the stage lights of that period were lit by gas, and they were placed right at the feet.

"Fire near the old straw also sharpened" - our father's proverbs were literally applied in this case literally.

The fabric used to sew the shirt was too flammable.

One of the most famous accidents was the case of the dancer Emma Livry in 1862, when she was burned alive because of the skirt leg caught by a gas lamp. After the catastrophic accident, she survived only eight months before she died at the age of 21.

Fortunately, by the end of the 19th century, the concept of aesthetics also changed. The type of puffy dress is also reduced, to reduce the risk of fire, to ensure safety for the wearer.

Fortunately, by the end of the 19th century, this type of puffy dress was also reduced.

However, worries about flammable clothing still exist for a very long time. At that time, manufacturers created many cool fabrics - such as flannelette (soft fabrics like cotton). But in exchange, when they catch fire, they will burn very quickly.

To the extent that in 1953, the US government had to pass new laws to ensure manufacturers had to make safer clothes. Later, similar laws also appeared in many countries around the world.