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5 Most Popular Victorian Dress Patterns

By | May 1st, 2015|Categories: Victorian Era|Tags: , |

Victorian dresses are known for their long hoops and their poofy, leg-o-mutton sleeves. These dresses, especially the dresses of the Civil War, became iconic for the entire era, and are now are some of the most popular dresses we have on our entire site. We’ve compiled a list of the 5 most popular Victorian dress [...]

A Breakdown of What a Victorian Bride Wore

By | April 29th, 2015|Categories: Victorian Era, Victorian Era Celebrations|Tags: , , |

Victorian bridal wear was just as intricate as the bridal dresses of today. With the wedding of Kate Middleton, Victorian wedding dresses are coming back into vogue. Lace sleeves and full skirts are more popular than ever and her timeless dress proved that Victorian style can be beautiful even in today’s modern world. But what [...]

Silverwood Theme Park

By | April 27th, 2015|Categories: Old West, Uncategorized, Victorian Era|Tags: , , , , |

Where is Silverwood Theme Park?   Silverwood Theme Park is located in northern Idaho, just north of Coeur d'Alene and about 45 minutes from Spokane, Washington. It is open from May through October each year. For one price, it features thrill rides, kids rides, fun-for-all rides, Boulder Beach Water Park, and lots of entertainment. The [...]

The fabric of Edwardian Clothing

By | April 27th, 2015|Categories: Edwardian Era, Textiles|Tags: , |

Edwardian clothing is known for its elegance and simplicity in design. It was a huge transformation from the Victorian Era’s large, full skirts and exaggerated bustles. The free-flowing gowns of the Edwardian Era represented a simplistic design after the dramatic dresses that preceded it. Because they had to be relatively free flowing, the fabrics used [...]

Our new Titanic Style Guide!

By | April 24th, 2015|Categories: Edwardian Era|Tags: , , |

Do you wish you could capture the elegance of a first-class dining room on the RMS Titanic? Do you want to travel back in time to 1912 when the fashions were beaded sheath dresses adorned with decorations and crystals? Well, you should take a look at the brand-new style guide that has taken over Pinterest! [...]

Old Town Temecula Gunfighters

By | April 23rd, 2015|Categories: Destinations, Uncategorized, Victorian Era, Victorian Era Celebrations|Tags: , , , , , |

Who are the Old Town Temecula Gunfighters? The Old Town Temecula Gunfighters are a group of folks who present Wild West reenactment shows spanning the post-Civil war era, from about the 1870s to the 1890s.  They entertain visitors every 4th Saturday of the month at High Noon and 2 p.m. in the section of Temecula [...]

Match the characters: Edwardian Fashions for your Downton Abbey obsession!

By | April 21st, 2015|Categories: Downton Abbey, Edwardian Era, Style Guides|Tags: , |

You’ve looked on eBay, Amazon, and Etsy. You’ve scoured all over the internet. Yet, you can’t find anything nearly as beautiful as the Edwardian Fashions worn by the characters on everyone’s favorite Sunday-night soap opera, Downton Abbey. The fashions on Downton Abbey are true to their time period. Women would change sometimes three times a [...]

Heritage Hill Historical Park

By | April 20th, 2015|Categories: Old West, Uncategorized, Victorian Era|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Where is Heritage Hill Historical Park?   Heritage Hill Historical Park is part of 60,000 acres of parkland, open space and shoreline set aside by Orange County, California for recreational use. Tucked away between a shopping center and riding stable in Lake Forest, this 4.1 acre oasis illustrates the early history of the Saddleback Valley [...]

Harem Pants: The Lost Edwardian Clothes

By | April 20th, 2015|Categories: Edwardian Era|Tags: , , , |

When people think of the Women’s Liberation Movement, they know that it began in the United Stated in the Edwardian Era with marches for the women’s right to vote, and the 1920’s generally is known for having androgynous fashions that began to dismantle gender stereotypes for fashions. However, women began wearing controversial fashions in the [...]