Ha! It's all in how you deal with the things. On my first day in Savannah, GA I had to negotiate a couple of sets of "Historic Steps" (conspicuously labelled, "Use at Your Own Risk") which in an ankle-length skirt I negotiated deftly and with grace (some might even add "aplomb"). My hostess was wearing jeans and flip-flops and had more difficulty than I did. I had her actually fall back a bit and watch me take a flight, and she was astonished how easily it went.moonshadow wrote: ↑Tue Jan 25, 2022 9:30 pmI've never watched the 1959 movie, but there is no way a floor sweeper would be practical on such a voyage. Shoot, I've got a few skirts that hang just above my ankles and I have to hike them up a little just to climb a flight of stairs.
One of the guys here has commented on a historically-clad all-woman crew on a canal-barge dealing with all the canal-side appurtenances like ladders, locks, and whatnot with grace and dignity.
Older garments are practical for use in the real world. We make more of the notion that they weren't because we've been indoctrinated with the notion. Experience points up that the indoctrination is precisely that -- indoctrination -- and largely garbage. With practise, I can do anything in a long skirt (or dress) that can be done whilst wearing tr*users.