The bustle arrived while Napoleon III was still Emperor of the French, in 1870. Early bustle dresses would look full when seen from the front or side. Bustles subsided in the middle 1870s when skirts became columns with a train swelling behind from about a little above knee height. Bustles became vestigial, but came roaring back in 1884. Skirts were still narrow when seen from front or back, not wide. Skirts and dresses also had fewer frills and ruffles. The bustle aggressively swept a bit upward. By 1890, the bustle was back to being a vestige and mainly used in evening dresses while skirts were mildly A-lined. This marked the arrival of the Belle Époque.
The albums are:
Bustle Eras - 1870 - 1890 - with discrete images as well as these subalbums:
Queen Alexandra that has this Albumette -
Georgina Ward, Countess of Dudley,
Infanta Maria Teresa of Portugal, Archduchess of Austria,
Marie of Windisch-Graetz 1856-1929,
Contessa de Rasty, NEW
Queen Louise of Denmark, née Sweden,
Princess Charlotte of Prussia,
Luise Margaret of Prussia, Duchess of Connaught,
Queen Emma of the Netherlands,
Victoria of Baden, Queen of Sweden,
Helen of Waldeck-Pyrmont, Duchess of Albany,
Princess Viktoria "Moretta" of Prussia,
Princess Stéphanie of Belgium,
Isabella of Bavaria, Duchess of Genoa,
Leticia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta,
Princess Royal Louise, Duchess of Fife,
Princess Marie d'Orléans Denmark, NEW and
Iberian Style in the Bustle Periods - with discrete images as well as these subalbums:
Josefa Manzanedo, NEW
Infantas Isabel ("La Chata"), Paz, and Eulalia that has these Albumettes -
Infanta Maria Isabel, "La Chata" (Isabel),
Infanta Maria de la Paz (Paz), and
Reina Maria Cristina de Habsburgo, and
Marie Amelie d'Orleans, Queen of Portugal.
Russian Style in the Bustle Periods - with discrete images as well as these subalbums: