Blue Dress and Underskirt with Crinoline Part One

Here's the blue dress I posted up a few days ago with one of my old underskirts underneath - the blue dress is just a little too short for such an expansive crinoline. I thought it'd probably look quite imposing, as it does in this picture, but when I put it on, all anyone had to say was how small it made me look! Of course, at the time, that was the idea - with the widest possible skirts, the top part of your body would look deceptively tiny, which was the fashion of the time - the vulnerable look! I'm sorry about the glare from the window here, but this is really the only place in the house with enough floor space to move around and take pictures!