How did Victorian age women get dressed – & go to the bathroom

An amusing article – Victorian Age as in the 19th century. Turns out it took the properly dressed woman 10 to 20 minutes to get dressed.

How they went to the bathroom is at the end of the article.

Victorian fashion, like many aspects of British society during Queen Victoria’s reign, was defined by order, structure, and formality. Though styles evolved throughout the decades, from the voluminous bell skirts of the 1850s to the bustle-heavy silhouettes of the 1880s, some fundamentals remained consistent — namely, the numerous layers that made up a women’s daily garb. It makes you wonder: Just how long did it take Victorian women to get dressed? And how were they able to manage the various tasks of daily life — to say nothing of simply sitting down — while wearing such cumbersome attire?