Victorian Lady Color Analysis

It has been awhile since I blogged, and I’m deep into that finishing-school manual I’ve mentioned previously. That being so, I thought to share a little about how the Victorian young ladies handled the experience of such training.
When attending, they were in effect rather secretive, meeting at private homes around kitchen tables. Daily were the [...]

Why Victorians Loved a Sale

We’ve discussed previously that the Victorians practiced economy, but within a decade of the start of the era the concept of shopping at a sale began. Shopping had taken new form and catalog distribution by the postal carriers sparked the images of the new trends which Victorians didn’t want to pass them by. Shopping, then, [...]

The Victorian Gentleman’s Fashion, Beyond Garb

It has been a month once again and my third-Thursday blog is due up. How the gentlemen of the Victorian Age behaved has been on my mind, lately. The gentleman’s fashion which included his lifestyle was as in prior eras, all about money, but not in the way it had been. Bear with me and [...]

More Societal Mores Victoriana

 
 
 
 
 
 

I’m delighted to be back for my monthly blog post. Again, an op-ed of topics on the front burner of several levels of business and social echelons.
 
Over the recent and hectic holidays I found myself engaged in an endless stream of dialogue on what everyone was doing or not doing financially about the holiday festivities [...]

Victoriana Answers Lingering at Cafes

  
In the recesses of my mind, I’ve stored a list of questions that I’ve carried about with me in the hope they could be answered about the Victorian era. Some answers have been found while I was sipping steaming cups of coffee and tea with friends on foggy or icy mornings. From these experts I’ve [...]

Drawing on Social Conclusions to Understand Victorian Deportment

I’ve been working on a piece of artwork for a Victorian chapter in a modern finishing-school manual. After a few versions I’m still working on it, for I decided to try to capture the heart of a moment between a young lady of the Victorian era coming face-to-face with one from our modern times. The picture is [...]