18” waist! Size one slippers! Man, that woman was tiny.
My six-year-old son has bigger feet than that.
My baby daughter (youngest of four) was married in March. Her dress was this size. Different style, of course.
Interesting factoid -- in the current fashion of strapless gowns, my daughter had to search all over the country to find a dress in her tiny size that did NOT have bare shoulders. Eventually she found one and we bought it over the phone.
Later, she discovered that Prince William's Kate had wrenched the wedding dress fashion industry back toward sleeved, shoulder-covered styles. And why did she go that route?
Westminster Abbey will not permit brides to wear sleeveless, strapless gowns during wedding ceremonies. Old fashioned notions of modesty and all that, dontcha know.
People in general were smaller then. The Allies winning WWII did wonders for diet and nutrition world-wide.