Show savages go victorian according to explorer london england explorer rex hardinge arrived from darkest africa and reported that he found hundreds of miles from civilization a tribe whose women attired themselves in the fashion of the victorian era bustles bustled Bust les high waists high necks and leg of mutton sleeves graced the voluminous gowns of the women hardinge said while women of other tribes in the country wore nothing at au all it was believed that missionaries introduced the fashions more than a generation ago |