| After the corset came stockings, three petticoats, and a pure white overdress. |
| It consists of a madras head-tie and a skirt with lace petticoats draped at the sides. |
| Other articles were put on, as were petticoats, stockings and fluffy under-skirts. |
| At the bottom of the trunk she found a set of white undergarments including lacy petticoats and a full corseted bodice. |
| She wore a bright red dress that fell to her knees in length, with black petticoats adorned with gold colored tassels. |
| The womanly power revered in primitive societies was within me, as I teased my hair and pulled up the starched petticoats of the late fifties. |
