We see some dresses that seem like tues without reflecting notable body contours, but simply cut stright down. The the size of the chest, waist and legs are all about the same dimensions--giving theappearance of a tube. We are not sure what this style was called at the time, tube is our term. We will change it if we discover what the style was called by contemporary sources. We do not know about the chronology, but note some examples in the 1880s. These dresses were in a variey of styles and detailing. Some were done with double-breasted styling. We have not yet archived sufiencr examples to know how common this was. We see some done with collars. We are not sure about the gender connotations. We think girls also wore these desses, but this needs to be confirmed.
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