Two women and a small girl wearing the latest indoor fashions leash showing a fashionably dressed woman

showing a fashionably dressed woman shielding herself with a fan from the gaze of three men

The seller then tips it out into a boy's hat

on June 13th 1855

He is holding up an example of his wares

Heygate was Alderman for Coleman St Ward from 1812-1843 and Lord Mayor in 1822-1823

Two women and a small girl wearing the latest indoor fashions leash showing a fashionably dressed womanTwo women and a small girl wearing the latest indoor fashions, c1860. In order to achieve this full skirt look, the women would be wearing layers of petticoats and hoop cages, otherwise known as crinolines. Frills and ruffles were also added to the outside of the skirt to make it look even bigger.