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- subject matching 'Fashion Plates: Dresses - Court trains'
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A long train was a required part of court dress. It was a separate item made of rich silk, satin or velvet and trimmed with lace or feathers, attached at the waist until the 1870s, or the shoulders in the later 19th century. It had to be at least 3 1/2 yards long from the ankles, and by the 1870s had grown to 7 or 8 yards.
