Multiple choice

In what sort of dresses the women were considered elegant and graceful in the Victorian England?

  1. Long loose sweeping gowns

  2. Short tight skirts

  3. Tightly laced, small waisted corsets

  4. Loose frocks with laces and frills
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Explanation

In Victorian England, women were considered elegant and graceful when wearing tightly laced corsets that created very small waists. The ideal was an hourglass figure achieved through restrictive corsetry, sometimes reducing waist measurements to 16-18 inches. Despite physical discomfort and health risks, this was the standard of feminine beauty and elegance.

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