In the Victorian era, pregnancy was cloaked in secrecy, with fashion used to hide growing bellies beneath corsets, layers, and modest silhouettes. Fashion has evolved from Victorian-era modesty to ...
An exhibition celebrating the era of Queen Victoria and the Victorian way of life that existed in Great Britain and America in the mid-19th century is currently on view in The Costume Institute at the ...
The fashionable Victorian woman cut quite a figure in the high-necked, full-fronted, bustle-backed styles of the day. Her outfit could weigh 11 pounds, 5 of them in undergarments alone. She needed a ...
What was under all those layers of Victorian garments? Discover what proper ladies and gentlemen wore at the Show Us Your Undies Brunch and Fashion Show Saturday, May 6 at the Carriage House Café & ...
Object lessons : Introduction to the vignettes / Wayne Modest and Tim Barringer -- The Cruickshank lock, circa1838 / Wayne Modest -- Ralph Turnbull, table, circa1830-40 / John Cross -- A tread-mill ...