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It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. Firstly you will need to find a suitable corset for this wild west costume. When it comes to a skirt for your Saloon Girl costume there are several options. You could use a Steampunk style skirt which has a wild west style to it. Alternatively you could possibly use a wild west style dress which would eliminate the need for a corset.
On your legs you can wear a pair of fishnet stockings or fishnet pantyhose. When it comes to footwear you can use a pair of high heel knee high boots which have lace-up fronts. These will look great with this costume. When it comes to your hair we would highly recommend that you wear a feather hair clip.
A choker is a really nice touch to this wild west costume. This costume will look fantastic if you use a pair of gloves. A really nice touch to any saloon girl fancy dress is a handheld fan. The Saloon owners purchased the latest style of dress for the girls.
The girls would then need to pay back the owner for the purchase with her earnings. The quality of the dress was equal to that of the establishment. The smaller the town the less likely saloon girls were to have been given clothing. They wore, instead, whatever low-class clothing they could acquire — typically second-hand. Saloon girls at nicer establishments in large towns wore ballgown dresses which were off the shoulder and either sleeveless or short puffed sleeved. The necklines dipped low but hardly revealed cleavage.
The bodice fit snug over a corset and matched the skirt below. This website is supported by advertising in the form of product links, banners, and sponsored articles. We may be compensated if you make a purchase after clicking a link. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases. Sign up for our weekly vintage fashion newsletter. Victorian saloon girls or dance hall girls could be dressed as fine as first class Victorian ladies, but more often had colorful and tight fitting ballgowns with a short hem.
Let us be clear about one thing first: Saloon girls were not prostitutes. Saloon girls were hired, dressed, and given strict rules about how to behave in and outside of the saloon. Most saloon girls were young girls, teenagers, who came from lowly roots such as farming in search of a better life and marriage prospects. They came from back east and the south ready for their new work in the wild west. Girls who were pretty, could dance well ballroom dances like the waltz, polka, or Schottish , and good at holding a conversation made the ideal saloon girls.
Each turn was about 15 minutes long. In one night, a popular saloon girl could earn more than a man made in a week. Amanda Blake played saloon girl Miss Kitty.
A ballgown skirt changed over the years from very wide ss to the narrowed bustle s and finally natural form s. In the early years, large hoop skirts were usually worn under dress skirts, however doorways out west were narrow and saloons were small — there were no room for hoops. Instead, ladies wore several fluffy petticoats. Saloon ladies often choose brightly colored petticoats instead of white because they were more visible under the skirt hem.
Skirts came up to the top of the boot or mid-calf for the simple reason of it made dancing easier and perhaps a little sexier. Like the petticoat, the material and color of the dress were both chosen to stand out. Brightly colored silk was the favored fabric, decorated with spangles and sequins, bugles and fringe, and often finished off with tiers of silk chiffon ruffles.
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