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Hair, Hats & Victorian Beauty Advice

Posted in 19th century, history, lifestyle, people, victorian, tagged , , , , , , on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I wanted to write this out but fashion-era’s site is very comprehensible. So here are three links which will show you how hair was worn during the nineteenth century!
1800-1840
1840-1870
1870-1899
A site with many articles on everything hat-related:
Victorian Hats
“Wearing every article of the same colour is fashionable only on condition the strictest [...]

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Antimacassar

Posted in 19th century, history, lifestyle, people, victorian, tagged , , , , , , on August 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Something I found on the Decayed Lace blog, which features some interesting writing and trivia:
[D]ear reader, let me kindly introduce you to the wonders of the so-called ANTIMACASSAR.
In order to fully grasp what’s to be understood by the concept of an antimacassar, one has to undertake a voyage back into the 19th Century- [...]

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One has to suffer for fashion.

Posted in 19th century, fashion, lifestyle, victorian, tagged , , , , , , on December 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Last time I gave a link to some great mustaches. But it was not easy to maintain such an accessory for the face. In the movie ‘Murder on the Orient Express’ (highly recommended!) you can see Hercule Poirot wearing a special mustache-protecting device when he goes to sleep, in order to keep the ’stache in the [...]

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