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Keep your hat perched

By recollections| 2024-02-22T13:08:42-04:00 April 6th, 2011|Categories: Hats|Tags: 19th Century Women's Fashion, Edwardian Era, Hatpins, Victorian Era|

Hat pins! There are few accessories a lady wears that are even more fun than they are functional. Although they enjoyed their greatest popularity between the 1880’s and 1920’s, hat pins are very collectable even today because they are often fabulous, and fanciful. For those who dress in period attire, they are also an indispensable [...]

What would a Pre-Victorian School Teacher wear?

In the early 1800’s, there was not public education as we know it. Wealthy families hired tutors for their children, and for the working-class poor, school was not an option. In the late 18th century a tailor named Thomas Cranfield offered free education for poor children in London. In 1798 Cranfield established a free [...]

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