bicycle frames accommodated the dresses that women continued to wear for bicycling. Long floor length dresses gradually gave way to shorter hemlines and a more casual style of athletic clothing. Similarly, bathing suits also became shorter and less covered — yet another example of the beginnings of a shift in dress toward greater freedom and functionality. Style gallery 1890–1896 Praskovia Tchaokovskaia wears a high-necked afternoon dress with puffed elbow-length sleeves and a fabric belt or sash, Russia, 1890–92. Bathing suit, 1890-1895, nautical fashion : navy color and sailor collar and sleeves Day dresses of 1892 have low waists and high necklines. Sleeves have a high, gathered sleeve-head and are fitted to the lower arm. Skirts are fuller in back than front. Gowns of 1892–3 feature short or elbow-length full, puffed sleeves and floral trimmings. City or traveling suit has full upper sleeves and back fullness in the skirt. Walking suits of 1894 show shorter skirts and matching jackets with leg o' mutton sleeves. Portrait photograph of Ernesto Tornquist and his family, . Punch Cartoon of 1895 shows a fashionable bicycle suit. Natalie Barney in 1896 Charvet advertising in 1896 Style gallery 1897–1899 Madame Faydou wears her hair in a knot on top of her head. Her black dress and her daughter's grey dress (probably mourning attire) have fashionable leg o' mutton sleeves, 1897. Catherine Vlasto wears a white dress with puffed elbow-length sleeves and ribbon bows. Her hair is parted in the center and poufed casually at her temples, 1897. 1897 fashion plate shows an idealized form of the fashionable figure. The jacket has an asymmetrical closure and new, smaller sleeve puffs. Bathing costumes of 1898 have nautical details such as sailor collars. Dress of 1898 shows a short, wide puff at the shoulder over a long, tight sleeve. Charvet corsage of 1898 shows a corsage by Charvet. It is a blouse of pink cambric finely plaited, and with a white cascade frill, also of cambric, down the center. Shirt-waist from Charvet in 1898 shows a shirt-waist from Charvet. It has a group of tucks down either side of the front and back from the shoulders, and in addition has two deep horizontal tucks across the front. A broad box-pleat at the centre is edged with a tiny black frill, which is also carried around the basque. The sleeves are tucked in diagonal groups. Hats from manufacturers spring collection Gown