LILLIE LANGTRY
Lillie Langtry (13 October 1853 – 12 February 1929), born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton, was a British actress born on the island of Jersey. A renowned beauty, she was nicknamed the "Jersey Lily" and had a number of prominent lovers, including the future king of England, Edward VII.
She was a proper little whore though, famous for her scandalous affairs as a royal mistress during the Victorian era but more so for being a successful Victorian actress and fashion icon.
When the Bustle was invented around the 1860's, Lillie became known for her own brand, the Langtry Bustle. The usual bustle was a painful contraption, a skeletal whalebone cage worn underneath the momentous mountains of material that were Victorian dresses. This kooky little butt booster was actually referred to as 'the dress improver'.
But the blatantly annoying problem with the Bustle was that you couldn't sit down anywhere incase you broke it. I can imagine that the women would have to manage just perching, leaning up against things. How embaressingly spectacular would it be if you accidentally sat down and splintered your brand new bustle. 'I do apologize I seem to have fractured my rear end, please excuse me!' ..or better 'I've bust my bustle!'....
oh dear
So Lillie's Bustle came to rescue all women and relieve them from their tortuous infinite standing duties. It was made kind of like a fan, it collapsed into itself so that you could sit without doing any damage.
And was said to be “one of the most extraordinary inventions in the whole history of fashion.”
Yay.
BUY A BUSTLE?!
So enough Victorian back chat for now..
