The only place where I've seen a lot of lavender growing was near St. Paul-de-Vence, near Nice. Just north of the town was just this huge field of purple.
On Washington's Olympic Peninsula there are gorgeous lavender fields in the Sequim-Dungeness area. I went to a fashion show of dresses and accessories from the 1800's in a beautiful restored farm house. I was amazed that the dresses had about 18-in waists! How could those old gals even breath? Holy Moley!
We were served lavender tea and cookies with lavender baked in them. Very interesting and good, a fun experience, but I prefer regular tea & cookies.
Corsets! They used corsets to basically compress their waists.It pushed their innards up into unusual places. It's no wonder that women never did live past their thirties. By then, it had all caught up with them. I saw a series on the BBC where they had a family move into a house that had been remodelled into one of the 1800s. The mother and older daughter wore corsets originally. They talked on how short of breath they were at all times. It was the bane of their existence. Then one of the produces gave them a book of the times that explained what was happening to their insides. And so the corsets came off. The mother was insistent as it was a concern of health.
That was a most interesting series!
jazz0130
Feb 9, 2015
I saw that series too Taffi. It was so interesting to see 'living history' and experience it (without the pain of the corsets - lol). The other thing I found interesting is how the girls had to miss one day of school a week to help with laundry. :(
We were served lavender tea and cookies with lavender baked in them. Very interesting and good, a fun experience, but I prefer regular tea & cookies.
That was a most interesting series!