10 Facts About the Victorian Tradition of White Weddings
1 White weddings started with Queen Victoria Although Queen Victoria was not the first monarch to wear white at her …
Fashion
Comfortable Elegance — A 5-Minute Guide to the Tea Gown
After a hard day at the mercy of a corset, 19th-century well-to-do ladies found welcome relief in the tea gown. Worn for …
10 Exquisite Victorian Dressing Gowns — Slipping Into Something More Comfortable
After an evening spent at the opera or the ball in a tight-laced corsetted gown, perhaps Victorian ladies were a little …
10 Fascinating Facts About the Belle Époque
1. The Belle Époque was an era of peace and plenty between wars The French expression Belle Époque was used in …
A Victorian Fashion Show
Imagine you're attending a fashion show in the Victorian era. You get to choose the trends for the next Victorian …
Dinner at Downton - What to Wear?
Imagine you've been invited to dinner at Downton Abbey. It's the first season covering the period around 1912-1914. The …
"The Master of Swish" - Boldini's Elegant Portraits of High Society Women
Self-portrait by Giovanni Boldini, 1892 In a dusty old Parisian apartment in 2010, a startling discovery was made. No …
Was Victorian Weather Cooler Than Today?
Lithograph of Krakatoa eruption. It was 10:02 in the morning, August 27th, 1883. The loudest explosion ever recorded and …
10 Ways Victorians Managed to Stay Cool Without A/C
Victorian ladies fashion is often characterized as ornate and covering the whole body. For men, it was formal and rigid. …
Tissot's Victorian Ladies
James Tissot (1836 - 1902), was a French painter and illustrator. He painted scenes of Paris and London society—and …
25 Victorian Dresses Worth a Fortune
It was 1858, Paris, France. English fashion designer Charles Frederick Worth "the father of haute couture" had opened …
The Art of Women's Tennis
Sport says a lot about how far society has come. Leading social historian Harold Perkins once put it this way, When you …