Fashion Plate: 1839, Bishop Sleeves
© Gaskell Blog Elizabeth Gaskell is associated with the Romantic and Victorian periods of fashion. Please join me each week as we take a look at one fashion plate. By 1839 the fashions… Read More
Category Archive: History & Society: 1810 – 1865
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Fashion Plate: 1829, Tassels and Gold Leaves
Gaskell Blog © Katherine C. Elizabeth Gaskell is associated with the Romantic and Victorian periods of fashion. Please join me each week as we take a detailed look at one fashion plate. 1829 Evening… Read More
The Victorian Christmas Tree
The tradition of a Christmas tree started in Germany in the 1790′s but it wasn’t until the Victorian era that the custom made it’s way to England. Prince Albert, the Queen’s husband, born… Read More
Fashion Plate: c. 1850s, Flounces and Bell Sleeves
© Gaskell Blog Their dress is very independent of fashion; as they observe, “What does it signify how we dress here at Cranford, where everybody knows us?” And if they go from home,… Read More
Fashion Plate, 1829 A-l’Amadis and Gold Buttons
1829 The silhouette of this pale persimmon colored walking dress has a much slimmer line to it– a style that doesn’t make a full comeback until the 1840s, so it’s quite ahead of… Read More
Victorian Currency
The value compared with today © Gaskell Blog In North and South Bessy Higgins tells Margaret Hale about the mill wheel: “I dunno. Some folk have a great wheel at one end o’… Read More
Fashion Plate: 1828, Vandyke Cuffs and Renaissance Flair
Elizabeth Gaskell is associated with the Romantic and Victorian periods of fashion. Please join me each week as we take a detailed look at one fashion plate. 1829 The left lady features a… Read More
Fashion Plate: 1827, Vandyke Trim and Tartan
1827 The lady on the right wears a taupe dress with Vandyke style trimming and floral detailing– presumably embroidered. Vandyke trim is a reoccurring detail amongst most of the dresses in the early… Read More
Fashion Plate: 1827, Breadth
Elizabeth Gaskell is associated with the Romantic and Victorian periods of fashion. Please join me each week as we take a detailed look at one fashion plate. 1827 The late 1820s marked the… Read More
