NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The Hunter House Victorian Museum bares all in their latest exhibit — sort of. “From Corsets to Crinoline: Unmentionables and the Road to Women’s Suffrage” highlights the change ...
Each year hundreds of words are added to the English language. New words with new usages add to our language. That being said, words are also dropped from use. One of those words that I am sure most ...
Once upon a time, the name “Frankenstein” might not have automatically conjured images of malachite-print crinoline gowns and ...
“The Dress Diary” is an intimate record of one wardrobe — and its era. Anne Sykes’s collection of fabric remnants, lovingly preserved in an album, documents not merely her life but the Victorian era.
February 26, 2001 11:56: CHILDREN jumped into period costume and slipped back 100 years during a half-term Victorian day. They learned about the type of attire which would have been worn by their ...