Women Regimental Chefs

[joerookery]

new photo article
http://www.pickelhauben.net/articles/Women%20as%20Regimental%20Chef.html

 

[Gustaf]

Hey Joe,
Victoria Luise makes the Husar uniform look good.
Gus

 

[joerookery]

Based on more than a few absolutely correct e-mails. I have changed the name to replace the words Chef with Honorary Colonels-in-Chief.

 

[Liongules]

Have you really looked at that photo of Margarethe Landgräfin von Hessen of Füsilier Regiment von Gersdorff (Kurhessisches) Nr. 80? What do you think her waist size is.....10 inches!!!!! I can't see how she could possibly function with a waist that tiny.

And yes, Gus, Victoria Luise rules! She was definitely a looker.

 

[joerookery]

Mike,

You are absolutely correct-I have no idea how they did that. I think I posted this somewhere earlier, but I will raise you a Norwegian :love10: :love10:

 

[911car]

I have no idea how they did that

Oh this is very clear Joe, the appropriate garment did the job.

 

[joerookery]

the appropriate garment did the job

I need to buy me one of them. My waistline is going in the wrong direction. :happy5: :happy5:

 

[Liongules]

I have no idea how they did that

Oh this is very clear Joe, the appropriate garment did the job.

Oh, I know it's all a trick of the proper corset, what I was getting at was how could they breathe? How could they eat? It must have been horribly uncomfortable.

 

[Gustaf]

Upper class women of the time were prone to fainting, it had little to do with health, and more to do with restrictive garments.
Gus