It can actually be done in minutes, provided you're used to it. And the most fastidious details were usually only for the most well off, so if you're a working class woman you won't need a maid to dress you :)

There are a lot of videos on youtube dispelling the myth of how difficult it was to actually put on and live in these clothes. Obviously it's more fuss that a t-shirt and jeans, but not all that much!