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For the man who has everything...1 comment

glassoffashion wrote 1 month ago: Stumped for what to craft for the men in your life this Christmas that isn’t another hat or sc … more →

Tags: Beading, Christmas, gifts

Photo Contest Winners!!!!1 comment

suzannelazear wrote 1 month ago: Thank you so much to everyone who entered the photo contest. I let the tot (the kid in the goggles i … more →

Tags: costumes, Lolitas, steamcon, Steampunk, Winners, contest, Deborah Schneider, Elizabeth Darvill, Marie-Claude Bourque

Steampunk Steamcon Style1 comment

Marie-Claude Bourque wrote 1 month ago: Steampunk Lolitas: Deborah Schneider, Elizabeth Darvill and myself at Steamcon! by Marie-Claude Bour … more →

Tags: Books, Brass Goggles, costumes, dieselpunk, Friday Fun, Lolitas, steamcon, Deborah Schneider, Elizabeth Darvill

Arundel Design - Everything for Free

Hazel Homewood wrote 3 months ago: I got a hint from a very dear friend (*hugs) that Arundelain Dumart, designer and owner of Arundel D … more →

Tags: Freebies Fashion/Avatar, hair, Boots, Freehazel, Gowns, top hats, Freebies, SL Fashion, historical outfits

Blooming fancy dress3 comments

glassoffashion wrote 3 months ago: Let’s talk about fancy dress, as Hallowe’en starts to rear its warty fake-bloodied head. … more →

Tags: Fancy Dress, costume

Button up your boots!6 comments

Laura wrote 3 months ago: There are so many things that I love about fall. Among them:  jackets, scarves, and BOOTS! I’m … more →

Tags: Day Dreaming, Boots, Fall

deadwood fashion, mac red lips and haircuts

elinorrabbit wrote 4 months ago: being from the wild west myself, of course deadwood is my all time favorite tv show (…if we … more →

Tags: fashion inspiration, model inspiration, period inspiration, television inspiration, Al Swearengen, Alma Garret, corset jacket, cowboy boot, dandy jacjet

My Plaques of Achievement

lovelylissie wrote 4 months ago: Several weeks ago while perusing the booths at my favorite flea market, I came across these lovely p … more →

Tags: Crafting, vintage, crafts, Mod Podge, paint, Plaques, Hobby Lobby, wood crafts

Make your own Victorian Paper doll!

jopenn wrote 5 months ago: This image is not permitted for downloading. Image © 2000 Denise Van Patten. This Saturday 25th July … more →

Tags: Events, paper dolls, victorian toys

Color in Victorian Fashion2 comments

toriadunford wrote 5 months ago: When I volunteered to blog here, I had a look around the internet for information on Steampunk fashi … more →

Tags: Entertainments, victorian sexuality, COLOR

Purple Polonaise Photos2 comments

Melissa Virag wrote 7 months ago: Here are the beautiful photos from Highland Park. One could not ask for a better backdrop than the v … more →

Tags: 1874 Purple Polonaise, Historical Costume Photos, bustle, Victorian, Victorian Polonaise, Victorian bustle, victorian photos, Bustle photos, lilac festival

Pregnancy, Survival and the Wasp Waist in the Belle Epoque

Melissa Virag wrote 8 months ago: In general (though not only), popular attraction between members of the opposite sex can sometimes b … more →

Tags: belle epóque, Economics & Fashion, Victorian Fertility, Wasp Waist

A walking Christmas tree

glassoffashion wrote 8 months ago:   Spent the morning hunting for a trimming for my dress, with Harriet Ives Wright among the rose and … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Books

Be kind to bugs week3 comments

glassoffashion wrote 8 months ago: picture credit: wikipedia commons   1888. Ellen Terry, the leading Shakespearian actress on the Lond … more →

Tags: Fashion in art, Places to visit, Stage Costume

Fashion of the Victorian era1 comment

jopenn wrote 8 months ago:                                                     Image taken from vintage connection With the new … more →

Tags: victorian ladies

The Polonaise: A brief genealogy

Melissa Virag wrote 10 months ago: The Polonaise of Marie Anntoinette pulled up from the dirt The Victorian world saw an explosion of a … more →

Tags: Fashion History, Victorian costume, polonaise, victorian costuming, Victorian Polonaise

Victorian Clothing Consumption Across the Genders in 1890 America4 comments

Melissa Virag wrote 10 months ago: Think Victorian women outspent Victorian men on personal consumables?  Think again. It has been a co … more →

Tags: Economics & Fashion, Fashion History, Clothing Consumption, consumption, Victorian, Victorian Consumption, victorian era

Because I'm still stuck on Gorey...1 comment

Laura wrote 10 months ago: My dear friend and I are convicted that we must attend The Edwardian Ball together someday. Because … more →

Tags: Edward Gorey, Etsy, the edwardian ball

"The Ladies' Delight", drapes and dromedaries5 comments

glassoffashion wrote 11 months ago:                         I just had to share this catalogue from the Parisian Department store … more →

Tags: fabric, Book Reviews


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