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Victorian fashion, the Glossary

Victorian fashion consists of the various fashions and trends in British culture that emerged and developed in the United Kingdom and the British Empire throughout the Victorian era, roughly from the 1830s through the 1890s.^[1]

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Adeline Knapp

Adeline E. "Delle" Knapp (March 14, 1860 – June 6, 1909) was an American journalist, author, social activist, environmentalist and educator, who is today remembered largely for her relationship with Charlotte Perkins Gilman, which was likely romantic.

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Adultery

Adultery is extramarital sex that is considered objectionable on social, religious, moral, or legal grounds.

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Artistic Dress

Artistic Dress was a fashion movement in the second half of the nineteenth century that rejected highly structured and heavily trimmed Victorian trends in favour of beautiful materials and simplicity of design. Victorian fashion and Artistic Dress are 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Ascot tie

An ascot tie or ascot is a neckband with wide pointed wings, traditionally made of pale grey patterned silk. Victorian fashion and ascot tie are 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Basque (clothing)

A basque is an item of women's clothing. Victorian fashion and basque (clothing) are 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Black tie

Black tie is a semi-formal Western dress code for evening events, originating in British and North American conventions for attire in the 19th century. Victorian fashion and Black tie are history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Blazer

A blazer is a type of jacket resembling a suit jacket, but cut more casually.

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Bloomers

Bloomers, also called the bloomer, the Turkish dress, the American dress, or simply reform dress, are divided women's garments for the lower body. Victorian fashion and bloomers are 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Bodice

A bodice is an article of clothing traditionally for women and girls, covering the torso from the neck to the waist. Victorian fashion and bodice are 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Bombazine

Bombazine, or bombasine, is a fabric originally made of silk or silk and wool, and now also made of cotton and wool or of wool alone.

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Bowler hat

The bowler hat, also known as a Coke hat, billycock, bob hat, bombín (Spanish) or derby (United States), is a hard felt hat with a rounded crown, originally created by the London hat-makers Thomas and William Bowler in 1849. Victorian fashion and bowler hat are 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Breeches

Breeches are an article of clothing covering the body from the waist down, with separate coverings for each leg, usually stopping just below the knee, though in some cases reaching to the ankles. Victorian fashion and Breeches are history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Bric-à-brac

Bric-à-brac or bric-a-brac (from French), first used in the Victorian era, around 1840, refers to lesser objets d'art forming collections of curios.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. Victorian fashion and British Empire are Victorian era.

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Brocade

Brocade is a class of richly decorative shuttle-woven fabrics, often made in coloured silks and sometimes with gold and silver threads.

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Bustle

A bustle is a padded undergarment or wire frame used to add fullness, or support the drapery, at the back of women's dresses in the mid-to-late 19th century. Victorian fashion and bustle are 1900s fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Charles Frederick Worth

Charles Frederick Worth (13 October 1825 – 10 March 1895) was an English fashion designer who founded the House of Worth, one of the foremost fashion houses of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Victorian fashion and Charles Frederick Worth are 19th-century fashion.

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Chemisette

A chemisette (from French, "little chemise") is an article of women's clothing worn to fill in the front and neckline of any garment. Victorian fashion and chemisette are 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Cheyne Walk

Cheyne Walk is a historic road in Chelsea, London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

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Church of England

The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.

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Cleavage (breasts)

Cleavage is the narrow depression or hollow between the breasts of a woman.

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Collar (clothing)

In clothing, a collar is the part of a shirt, dress, coat or blouse that fastens around or frames the neck.

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Corset

A corset is a support undergarment worn to hold and train the torso into the desired shape and posture. Victorian fashion and corset are 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Corset controversy

The corset controversy was a moral panic and public health concern around corsets in the 19th century. Victorian fashion and corset controversy are 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Cravat (early)

The cravat is a neckband, the forerunner of the modern tailored necktie and bow tie, originating from a style worn by members of the 17th century military unit known as the Cravats.

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Crêpe (textile)

Crêpe, also spelled crepe or crape (from the French crêpe), is a silk, wool, or synthetic fiber fabric with a distinctively crisp and crimped appearance.

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Crinoline

A crinoline is a stiff or structured petticoat designed to hold out a skirt, popular at various times since the mid-19th century. Victorian fashion and crinoline are 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Cuirass

A cuirass (cuirasse, coriaceus) is a piece of armour that covers the torso, formed of one or more pieces of metal or other rigid material.

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Culture of the United Kingdom

The culture of the United Kingdom is influenced by its combined nations' history; its historically Christian religious life, its interaction with the cultures of Europe, the individual cultures of England, Wales and Scotland and the impact of the British Empire.

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Cummerbund

A cummerbund is a broad waist sash, usually pleated, which is often worn with single-breasted dinner jackets (or tuxedos).

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator, and member of the Rossetti family.

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Decorative arts

The decorative arts are arts or crafts whose aim is the design and manufacture of objects that are both beautiful and functional.

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Donkey jacket

A donkey jacket is a medium-length workwear jacket, typically made of unlined black or dark blue thick Melton woollen fabric, with the shoulders back and front reinforced and protected from rain with leather or PVC panels.

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Drapery

Drapery is a general word referring to cloths or textiles (Old French, from Late Latin). It may refer to cloth used for decorative purposes – such as around windows – or to the trade of retailing cloth, originally mostly for clothing, formerly conducted by drapers.

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Embroidery

Embroidery is the art of decorating fabric or other materials using a needle to stitch thread or yarn.

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Emily Clapham

Emily Clapham (1857–1952) was a dress designer.

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Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Elisabeth (born Duchess Elisabeth Amalie Eugenie in Bavaria; 24 December 1837 – 10 September 1898), nicknamed Sisi or Sissi, was Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from her marriage to Emperor Franz Joseph I on 24 April 1854 until her assassination in 1898.

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Engageante

Engageantes are false sleeves worn with women's clothing. Victorian fashion and Engageante are 1900s fashion, 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Eugénie de Montijo

Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Agustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, 19th Countess of Teba, 16th Marquise of Ardales (5 May 1826 – 11 July 1920), known as Eugénie de Montijo, was Empress of the French from her marriage to Napoleon III on 30 January 1853 until the Emperor was overthrown on 4 September 1870.

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Evening gown

An evening gown, evening dress or gown is a long dress usually worn at formal occasions. Victorian fashion and evening gown are history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Franz Xaver Winterhalter (20 April 1805 – 8 July 1873) was a German painter and lithographer, known for his flattering portraits of royalty and upper-class society in the mid-19th century.

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Frederick Marryat

Captain Frederick Marryat (10 July 1792 – 9 August 1848) was a Royal Navy officer and a novelist.

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Frock coat

A frock coat is a formal men's coat characterised by a knee-length skirt cut all around the base just above the knee, popular during the Victorian and Edwardian periods (1830s–1910s). Victorian fashion and frock coat are 19th-century fashion.

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Gender role

A gender role, or sex role, is a set of socially accepted behaviors and attitudes deemed appropriate or desirable for individuals based on their sex.

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George du Maurier

George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier (6 March 1834 – 8 October 1896) was a Franco-British cartoonist and writer known for work in Punch and a Gothic novel Trilby, featuring the character Svengali.

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Haute couture

Haute couture (French for 'high sewing', 'high dressmaking') is the creation of exclusive custom-fitted high-end fashion design. Victorian fashion and Haute couture are history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Hobble skirt

A hobble skirt was a skirt with a narrow enough hem to significantly impede the wearer's stride. Victorian fashion and hobble skirt are history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Hoop skirt

A hoop skirt or hoopskirt is a women's undergarment worn in various periods to hold the skirt extended into a fashionable shape. Victorian fashion and hoop skirt are 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution.

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James McNeill Whistler

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (July 10, 1834July 17, 1903) was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.

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James Tissot

Jacques Joseph Tissot (15 October 1836 – 8 August 1902), better known as James Tissot, was a French painter, illustrator, and caricaturist.

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Japonisme

Japonisme is a French term that refers to the popularity and influence of Japanese art and design among a number of Western European artists in the nineteenth century following the forced reopening of foreign trade with Japan in 1858.

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Jeanne Samary

Jeanne Samary (4 March 1857 as Léontine Pauline Jeanne Samary in Neuilly-sur-Seine – 18 September 1890 in Paris) was a French actress at the Comédie-Française and a model for Auguste Renoir, including for Renoir's 1881 painting, Luncheon of the Boating Party.

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Lolita fashion

is a subculture from Japan that is highly influenced by Victorian clothing and styles from the Rococo period.

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Mahogany

Mahogany is a straight-grained, reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus Swietenia, indigenous to the AmericasBridgewater, Samuel (2012).

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Mass production

Mass production, also known as flow production, series production, series manufacture, or continuous production, is the production of substantial amounts of standardized products in a constant flow, including and especially on assembly lines.

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Middle class

The middle class refers to a class of people in the middle of a social hierarchy, often defined by occupation, income, education, or social status.

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Napoleon III

Napoleon III (Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first president of France from 1848 to 1852, and the last monarch of France as the second Emperor of the French from 1852 until he was deposed on 4 September 1870.

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Neo-Victorian

Neo-Victorianism is an aesthetic movement that features an overt nostalgia for the Victorian period. Victorian fashion and Neo-Victorian are Victorian era.

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Norfolk jacket

A Norfolk jacket is a loose, belted, single-breasted tweed jacket with box pleats on the back and front, with a belt or half-belt. Victorian fashion and Norfolk jacket are history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Nouveau riche

paren), new rich or new money (in contrast to old money; vieux riche) is a social class of the rich whose wealth has been acquired within their own generation, rather than by familial inheritance. These people previously had belonged to a lower social class and economic stratum (rank) within that class and the term implies that the new money, which constitutes their wealth, allowed upward social mobility and provided the means for conspicuous consumption, the buying of goods and services that signal membership in an upper class.

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Overskirt

An overskirt is a type of women's short skirt which is draped over another garment, such as a skirt, breeches, or trousers.

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Pantalettes

Pantalettes are undergarments covering the legs worn by women, girls, and very young boys (before they were breeched) in the early- to mid-19th century. Victorian fashion and Pantalettes are 19th-century fashion.

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Passion of Jesus

The Passion (from Latin patior, "to suffer, bear, endure") is the short final period before the death of Jesus, described in the four canonical gospels.

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Petticoat

A petticoat or underskirt is an article of clothing, a type of undergarment worn under a skirt or a dress. Victorian fashion and petticoat are 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (25 February 1841 – 3 December 1919) was a French artist who was a leading painter in the development of the Impressionist style.

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Pine

A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus Pinus of the family Pinaceae.

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Pleat

A pleat (plait in older English) is a type of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and securing it in place.

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Plume hunting

Plume hunting is the hunting of wild birds to harvest their feathers, especially the more decorative plumes which were sold for use as ornamentation, particularly in hat-making (millinery).

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Poke bonnet

A poke bonnet (sometimes also referred to as a Neapolitan bonnet or simply as a poke) is a women's bonnet, featuring a small crown and wide and rounded front brim. Victorian fashion and poke bonnet are 19th-century fashion.

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Polonaise (clothing)

The robe à la polonaise or polonaise, literally meaning the Polish dress, is a woman's garment of the 18th century 1770s and 1780s or a similar revival style of the 1870s inspired by Polish national dress style, costume, consisting of a gown with a cutaway, draped and swagged overskirt, worn over an underskirt or petticoat. Victorian fashion and polonaise (clothing) are 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Portrait of Lady Meux

Portrait of Lady Meux is a name given to several full-length portraits by James McNeill Whistler.

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Punch (magazine)

Punch, or The London Charivari was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells. Victorian fashion and Punch (magazine) are Victorian era.

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Queen Victoria

Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Victorian fashion and Queen Victoria are Victorian era.

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Regency era

The Regency era of British history is commonly described as the years between and 1837, although the official regency for which it is named only spanned the years 1811 to 1820.

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Robe

A robe is a loose-fitting outer garment.

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Ruffle (sewing)

In sewing and dressmaking, a ruffle, frill, or furbelow is a strip of fabric, lace or ribbon tightly gathered or pleated on one edge and applied to a garment, bedding, or other textile as a form of trimming.

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Seam (sewing)

In sewing, a seam is the join where two or more layers of fabric, leather, or other materials are held together with stitches.

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Shawl

A shawl (from شال shāl) is a simple item of clothing, loosely worn over the shoulders, upper body and arms, and sometimes also over the head.

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Skirt

A skirt is the lower part of a dress or a separate outer garment that covers a person from the waist downwards.

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Sleeve

A sleeve (slīef, a word allied to slip, cf. Dutch sloof) is the part of a garment that covers the arm, or through which the arm passes or slips.

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Smoking jacket

A smoking jacket is an informal men's style of lounge jacket originally intended for tobacco smoking. Victorian fashion and smoking jacket are 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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A social class or social stratum is a grouping of people into a set of hierarchical social categories, the most common being the working class, middle class, and upper class.

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Soot

Soot is a mass of impure carbon particles resulting from the incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons.

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Steampunk

Steampunk is a subgenre of science fiction that incorporates retrofuturistic technology and aesthetics inspired by, but not limited to, 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery.

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Stole (vestment)

The stole is a liturgical vestment of various Christian denominations, which symbolizes priestly authority; in Protestant denominations which do not have priests but use stoles as a liturgical vestment, however, it symbolizes being a member of the ordained.

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Textile

Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc.

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Theodore Watts-Dunton

Theodore Watts-Dunton (12 October 1832 – 6 June 1914), from St Ives, Huntingdonshire, was an English poetry critic with major periodicals, and himself a poet.

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Tightlacing

Tightlacing (also called corset training) is the practice of wearing an increasingly tightly laced corset to achieve cosmetic modifications to the figure and posture or to experience the sensation of bodily restriction. Victorian fashion and Tightlacing are 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Top hat

A top hat (also called a high hat, or, informally, a topper) is a tall, flat-crowned hat traditionally associated with formal wear in Western dress codes, meaning white tie, morning dress, or frock coat. Victorian fashion and top hat are 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Torso

The torso or trunk is an anatomical term for the central part, or the core, of the body of many animals (including humans), from which the head, neck, limbs, tail and other appendages extend.

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Train (clothing)

In clothing, a train describes the long back portion of a robe, coat, cloak, skirt, overskirt, or dress that trails behind the wearer.

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Trim (sewing)

Trim or trimming in clothing and home decorating is applied ornament, such as gimp, passementerie, ribbon, ruffles, or, as a verb, to apply such ornament.

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was a sovereign state in Northwestern Europe that was established by the union in 1801 of the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland. Victorian fashion and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland are Victorian era.

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Upper class

Upper class in modern societies is the social class composed of people who hold the highest social status, usually are the wealthiest members of class society, and wield the greatest political power.

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Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

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Victorian decorative arts

Victorian decorative arts refers to the style of decorative arts during the Victorian era.

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Victorian dress reform

Victorian dress reform was an objective of the Victorian dress reform movement (also known as the rational dress movement) of the middle and late Victorian era, led by various reformers who proposed, designed, and wore clothing considered more practical and comfortable than the fashions of the time. Victorian fashion and Victorian dress reform are 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Victorian era

In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.

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Victorian morality

Victorian morality is a distillation of the moral views of the middle class in 19th-century Britain, the Victorian era. Victorian fashion and Victorian morality are Victorian era.

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Victorian-era cosmetics

Victorian-era cosmetics were cosmetic products used during the Victorian age. Victorian fashion and Victorian-era cosmetics are Victorian era.

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Victoriana

Victoriana is a term used to refer to material culture related to the Victorian period (1837–1901). Victorian fashion and Victoriana are history of clothing (Western fashion) and Victorian era.

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Visual arts

The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, comics, design, crafts, and architecture.

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Waistcoat

A waistcoat (UK and Commonwealth, or; colloquially called a weskit) or vest (US and Canada) is a sleeveless upper-body garment. Victorian fashion and waistcoat are 19th-century fashion and history of clothing (Western fashion).

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Widow's cap

A widow's cap (or mourning cap), a sign of mourning worn by many women after the death of their husbands, was a sign of religious and social significance Wheeler, H. (2012).

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William Morris

William Morris (24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896) was an English textile designer, poet, artist, writer, and socialist activist associated with the British Arts and Crafts movement.

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William Powell Frith

William Powell Frith (9 January 1819 – 2 November 1909) was an English painter specialising in genre subjects and panoramic narrative works of life in the Victorian era.

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Women in the Victorian era

Critical scholars have pointed to the status of women in the Victorian era as an illustration of the striking discrepancy of the United Kingdom's national power and wealth when compared to its social conditions. Victorian fashion and women in the Victorian era are Victorian era.

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1830s in Western fashion

1830s fashion in Western and Western-influenced fashion is characterized by an emphasis on breadth, initially at the shoulder and later in the hips, in contrast to the narrower silhouettes that had predominated between 1800 and 1820. Victorian fashion and 1830s in Western fashion are history of clothing (Western fashion).

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1840s in Western fashion

1840s fashion in European and European-influenced clothing is characterized by a narrow, natural shoulder line following the exaggerated puffed sleeves of the later 1820s and 1830s. Victorian fashion and 1840s in Western fashion are history of clothing (Western fashion).

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1850s in Western fashion

1850s fashion in Western and Western-influenced clothing is characterized by an increase in the width of women's skirts supported by crinolines or hoops, the mass production of sewing machines, and the beginnings of dress reform. Victorian fashion and 1850s in Western fashion are history of clothing (Western fashion).

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1860s in Western fashion

1860s fashion in European and European-influenced countries is characterized by extremely full-skirted women's fashions relying on crinolines and hoops and the emergence of "alternative fashions" under the influence of the Artistic Dress movement. Victorian fashion and 1860s in Western fashion are history of clothing (Western fashion).

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1870s in Western fashion

1870s fashion in European and European-influenced clothing is characterized by a gradual return to a narrow silhouette after the full-skirted fashions of the 1850s and 1860s. Victorian fashion and 1870s in Western fashion are history of clothing (Western fashion).

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1880s in Western fashion

1880s fashion in Western and Western-influenced countries is characterized by the return of the bustle.

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1890s in Western fashion

Fashion in the 1890s in Western countries is characterized by long elegant lines, tall collars, and the rise of sportswear.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_fashion

Also known as 19th Century Female Attire, 19th century womens dress, 20th century fashion, Victorian clothes, Victorian clothing, Victorian costume, Victorian dress.

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1900s fashion

19th century in the arts

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