1890s bicycle outfit

It’s odd, last week I posted a set of photos that I really liked, but the photos were of a project I wasn’t very happy with. And this week it’s the other way around! I’m rea…

By 1895, the 1890s “look” for day wear had fully defined itself. In contrast with the relatively static 1880s, styles gave emphasis to a more flowing silhouette that suggested mobility …

In 1851, American Amelia Bloomer published an article in her newspaper The Lily calling for dress reform. She, and her group of supporters adopted calf-length skirts over full cut ‘Turkish trousers’. The style received some acceptance and lots of ridicule – and although the style never went mainstream, the full-cut trousers became known as ‘bloomers’ and was soon used to describe divided underpants, as well as a costume in wool worn for gymnastic exercise. With a better understanding of the…

Beginning of this year, a friend of mine found a sweater in a modern shop which looked remarkably like a 1890's sports sweater. It's not quite perfect, but it definitely mimics the look. I debated about it, but in the end I couldn't resist and followed her example and got one as well. I've…

By the 1890s, the bicycle was creating a social revolution in the United States. Nearly two million bicycles were being manufactured each ye...

Author Gail Carriger discusses her new victorain doctor character, Arsenic in Reticence, and how she did the research for doctors in the 1890s.

The 1890s was a momentous decade for women. Not only was the suffragette movement gaining worldwide momentum with New Zealand and South Australia enfranchising women, but sea changes in fashion als…