Victorian Era - Tumblr Posts
Head of a girl (1886) by Helene Schjerfbeck. Finnish National Gallery.
Chalk cliffs at Rügen (c. 1819) by Caspar David Friedrich. Kunst Museum Winterthur.
"Outside the Bull Ring" by Alfred East (1844–1913). Auckland Art Gallery.
Queen Victoria (1899) by Heinrich von Angeli. Royal Collection, Wndsor Castle.
‘The Bitter Hand’ by Stephen Mackey
My current obsession is the fact that in the Victorian Era people would have secret conversations by gifting specific flowers.
And every flower had a different meaning and sometimes more than one meaning depending on the other flowers you paired it with. Not to mention even the way you tie it or the hand to deliver it with can indicate something else.
I’m gonna link a website that has images from actual Victorian era books that explain flower language and each meaning.
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-language-of-flowers-an-alphabet-of-floral-emblems-1857/
Asking Victorian era knowers if those children who went to school during the Victorian era (mainly rich boys) had holidays, or days off, or how many days a week did they go, and how many months a year, and if there were like school years or what
When people say that they were born in the wrong generation and say that they belong in the Victorian era.... NO YOU DON'T. The only person that could live a long and healthy life are vampires. The lead? The arsenic? The giving babies (now) illegal drugs? Not the era that you want to be in. But the houses are pretty though🤷♂️
𝙰𝚗 𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗
Good evening. I am a tailor; I have been for a very long time. I first learned to sew when I was 5, and ever since I've been experimenting with styles, fabrics, eras, and inspirations. For the past few years, I've been designing [and sometimes recreating] gowns and outfits from the 1890s. My favourites are those from the long-gone courts of Russia, and those based on its intricately detailed uniforms. Currently in the works are two silk court dresses, and a recreation of Tatiana's Ulan uniform.
When I'm not lost in the 1890s, I'm making vintage suits, playing with fountain pens [and inks!], collecting antiques, and obsessing over old jewelry.
Shall we proceed? — 𝙼𝚊𝚍𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚇
𝚃𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚊'𝚜 𝚄𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 - 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗
This particular project will be a blend of two things - Grand Duchess Tatiana's Ulan uniform and a late Victorian walking suit [meaning the skirt will be changed from an asymmetrical riding habit skirt to an 1890s fan skirt, and the jacket will be cut to a curvier profile]. The patterns for the both the jacket and skirt will be entirely self-drafted based on the original photos shown above. Let's go over the materials: For the body of it, I chose a medium-heavy weight [450 gsm] English herringbone tweed in 'Dark Navy'. This totaled to 6 metres. The yellow front is also of tweed, but this time a plain weave and only 1/2 a metre. They are pictured below along with silver dome buttons and an antique fob necklace, because who doesn't need one of those. Additional materials such as trims for the collar and cuffs, as well as the belt, will be shared in a future post.
Photos are not mine [except for last one], I found them on Pinterest.
𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟺 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 All photos are from pinterest.
𝚁𝚞𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝓎𝑒𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓁𝒶𝑔𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒸𝒶𝓊𝓈𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝒾𝒸𝓀 𝓈𝓊𝒸𝓀𝓈
My new corset has finally arrived! Now it's time for drafting...
𝚅𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚊𝚗 𝙷𝚞𝚎𝚜 As usual, all photos are from Pinterest.
Being a fan of circa 1890 fashion, I never thought the 1880s would be so alluring...but this 1884 gown has captured my heart.
Who knew trying to find historical silk stockings would be such a dreadful and agonising struggle...
A sneak peak of a yet-to-be-announced project!
𝙰𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚊 (𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚖𝚢 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎) All photos are from Pinterest.