Victorian London - Clothing - tight skirts

TO UPHOLSTERERS, &C.

NOW THAT FASHIONABLE SKIRTS ARE WORN SO TIGHT THAT THE FAIR WEARERS THEREOF CAN NEITHER STOOP NOR SIT DOWN, IT MIGHT BE WORTH SOMEBODY'S WHILE TO DEVISE A CHAIR SUITED TO THE PECULIAR EXIGENCES OF THE POSITIONS.

Punch, March 27, 1875