Nota bene

[gem]

Knickers/bloomers go on *before* all three skirt layers...  sigh. 

[WaywardWench]

Knickers/bloomers go on *before* all three skirt layers...  sigh. 

LOL... been there, done much the same.....like shoes before hoop and corset.

[Gwen aka Punstergal]

LOL.. that sure brings back memories!

I remember the first time i put on a shirt and bodice and THEN tried to tuck the shirt into my skirts.. it was a DISASTER. I had to recruit the help of TWO burly men (one to shove the shirt down through my waistband from above and one to fend off the on-lookers while I lifted my skirts and hunted around to pull at the ends of the shirt from below, trying to get them inside the skirts but outside the bloomers). And now I know, it is MUCH easier to tuck in the shirt before putting the bodice one, and then just tug it back out a little bit to get the right shape than it is to try and do it the other way around, hehe.

[DonaCatalina]

Many times my poor Lord has had to go under my hoops and skirts to buckle on my shoes.
*sigh*
I really do try to remember to put them on first.

[DragonWing]

  The visions this thread is conjuring. 

[dragongirl]

H/A slops + rum+ port-a-castle + weapons belt= pouch, weapons and sword some how ending up INSIDE the slops.  Still trying to figure this one out.

[Kate XXXXXX]

There's a marvelous description in Katie Fford's Wedding Season of how they deal with the bride and her train in a narrow hotel loo stall...  End up trailing the train over the stall walls!  I thought of you lot in your hoops and gowns when re-reading this the other day.  It should be required reading for all brides with grand ideas!   

[DonaCatalina]

The hoops are great for holding all of your skirts up on your shoulders while in the privy.
That is probably quite a sight.

[gem]

I'm sure I'll regret posting this, but I just had my bridesmaids take off my gown entirely.  Easy-peasy to just step back into it.

I DON'T recommend this for Faire, however.  Or portaprivies.

[Kate XXXXXX]

A practical solution!  I'd have done much the same with a hooped skirt.