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98Women and Fashions of the Victorian Era: From Hoop Skirts to Bustles - 1837 - 1900
Victorian fashions reflect the clothing worn between 1837 - 1900 during the reign of Queen Victoria. Despite the prim and proper feminine ideal, Victorian clothing includes outrageous styles like hoop skirts and bustles.
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96Corset making secrets
Corset making is HARD - isn't it? Actually, it isn't as hard as it seems. There's basic information online about how to make a corset, but there's a sorry lack of information on how to do it WELL. So if you're serious about ending the frustration and making a corset that you can wear with pride, here are a few tips from a pro.
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96Downton Abbey Clothes The English Period Drama Starts A Hot New Fashion Trend
Downton Abbey is the popular English series and the Clothes are the hot new trend. Buy yours online today.
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92London in 1901 - the End of the Victorian Era
This article is about London, England as it was in 1901: a great city so familiar and yet so different than our own. A city poised between the end of the Victorian Era and the beginning of the glittering Edwardian Era. Queen Victoria (born 24 May...
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93Fashions of The Aesthetic Movement - A Cult of Beauty and Victorian Counterculture
The Aesthetic Movement was a counterculture of artists, writers, and designers in Victorian England who opposed the dehumanization of the Industrial Age. Aesthetic fashion stood against the stiffness of corsets and Victorian materialism, favoring a natural look based on medieval styles
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92Beautiful Victorian Hairstyles
Would you like to put a new spin on your updos? Go for a Victorian hairstyle! I've outlined the major styles of the period, ranging from loopy to crimped. I'll even tell you about a little diddy I call the Victorian Mullet. Prepare to be inspired!
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94History of Shoes - 19th and 20th Century Women's Footwear
In the 19th century, new technologies changed the fashions of footwear. The 1880's saw the beginning of shoes made specifically for the right and left foot. New types of shoes were introduced for comfort and sport. And, after a long disappearance, the sandal came back.
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91Wedding Theme for 2012: Victorian Weddings
One of the newest wedding trends for 2012 is Victorian weddings. Learn some of the unique and beautiful wedding customs from the Victorian era and how you can incorporate them into your wedding.
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91Steampunk
Steam-power, brass clockworks, ironwork walking machines, and Victorian fashions all come together to create the wonderful genre known as Steampunk.
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92Charles Darwin and Evolution: Genetic Science uproots the Tree of Life
The idea of the 'Tree of Life' was central to Darwin's ideas of evolution. For Darwin. evolution was linear but evidence accumulating from the emerging fields of evoltionary gentics paint a very different picture. Instead of a Tree of Life the new evidence suggests a web of life.
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