Victorian

i love history, it is my passion. i mostly share things from the victorian era, but you might come across some older things too. ~~~ DISCLAIMER: none of the photos are mine unless claimed.

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1934 evening outfit for women from a German magazine, featuring a blue gown with long open back and flutter sleeve

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Countess Camembert ~ Bill Mayer

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If you didn’t know before, you know now.

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Silver stocked miquelet pistol from the Balkans, 19th century.

from Helios Auctions

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a newspaper asked victorian women why they were spinsters. this is gold.

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Dickens Victorian Skirt

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“Daughter of the moon And daughter of the seas Daughter of the winds And daughter of the leaves”

— Lisa Thiel, Daughter of the Elements

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Ball Gown

1865-1875

Whitaker Auctions

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Two young women, one in a crinoline wedding dress and the other looking at her longingly through a window, photographed by pioneering Victorian photographer, Lady Clementina Hawarden.

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Dress

c.1855

LACMA

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Dress with Day & Evening Bodices

c.1869-1870

The John Bright Collection

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A woman wearing a crinoline being dressed with the aid of long poles to lift her dress over the hoops c. 1860

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Romantic era of fashion Cobalt blue crinoline gown with lace adornment Ca.1865 - 1868

Saved from: costumeandlacemuseum.brussels

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The 1860s: light, airy dresses in pastel colors floating softly over cage crinolines, elegant simplicity in trims, dainty bell-like silhouette, simple and smooth hairstyles

The 1870s, pounding on the table and chanting: CAKE GOTH CAKE GOTH CAKE GOTH CA