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Victorian dress reform
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Victorian dress reform was an objective of the Victorian dress reform movement of the middle and late Victorian era, led by various reformers who proposed, designed, and wore clothing considered more
1895 Punch cartoon. Gertrude: "My dear Jessie, what on earth is that Bicycle Suit for?" Jessie: "Why, to wear, of course." Gertrude: "But you haven't got a Bicycle!" Jessie: "No; but I've got a Sewing Machine!"
1895 Punch cartoon. Gertrude: "My dear Jessie, what on earth is that Bicycle Suit for?" Jessie: "Why, to wear, of course." Gertrude: "But you haven't
Inès Gaches-Sarraute in a straight-front corset from about 1892, which became fashionable in the Edwardian period
Inès Gaches-Sarraute in a straight-front corset from about 1892, which became fashionable in the Edwardian period
'The Emancipation Waist.' Excerpt from 'Catalog of Dress Reform and Other Sanitary Under-Garments For Ladies and Children' George Frost and Co., Bosto
'The Emancipation Waist.' Excerpt from 'Catalog of Dress Reform and Other Sanitary Under-Garments For Ladies and Children' George Frost and Co., Boston Mass June 1, 1876.
A 1900 diagram from Ladies' Home Journal illustrating the difference between the Victorian and Edwardian corsets
A 1900 diagram from Ladies' Home Journal illustrating the difference between the Victorian and Edwardian corsets
Constance Wilde
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Constance Mary Holland, better known as Constance Wilde, was an Anglo-Irish writer, born in London. She was the wife of Irish playwright Oscar Wilde and the mother of their two sons, Cyril and Vyvyan.
Victorian dress reform
…circles, died back in the 1870s, and reemerged as Aesthetic dress in the 1880s, where two of the main proponents were the writer Oscar Wilde and his wife Constance, both of whom gave lectures on the subject. In 1881 The Rational Dress Society was founded in London. The Society advocated divided skirts as a more…
Portrait by Louis William Desanges (1882)
Portrait by Louis William Desanges (1882)
Constance with her son Cyril in 1889
Constance with her son Cyril in 1889
Constance Lloyd, 1882
Constance Lloyd, 1882
Constance at a charity flower stall held at Kensington Town Hall, April 1891
Constance at a charity flower stall held at Kensington Town Hall, April 1891