Skirt lifter
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A skirt lifter, also known as a dress lifter, skirt grip, dress suspender, hem-holder, page or porte-jupe, was a device for lifting a long skirt to avoid dirt or to facilitate movement. It clamped on to the hem and was attached to the belt by a cord, ribbon, or chain.[1]
The first skirt lifters date from around 1846 and they were most popular in the 1860s-1880s.[2]
Costume designer Penny Rose chose a skirt lifter as her hypothetical donation to the imaginary museum in an August 2017 episode of BBC Radio 4's The Museum of Curiosity.[3]
References
Further reading
- Walker, Carole (2016). A History and Guide to Collecting Ladies' Antique Skirt Lifters (with an Introduction by Tim Wonnacott). Wolds Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-0-9564724-1-0.
- Swift, Deborah (16 June 2014). "Skirt lifters: the Victorian war on Filth". English Historical Fiction Authors. Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- Kotzin, Barbara (2015). The Art of the Skirt Lifter: a practical and passionate guide. lulu.com. p. 1. ISBN 9781329071858.
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