- 1. Over a Century Ago, Two Young Girls Pulled a Prank That Got Way Out of Hand—And Convinced The World that Fairies Really Exist
- (Arts)
- ... A Celtic revival in the late-19th century, along with the establishment of the Folklore Society in London in 1878, brought renewed attention to fairies. There were even Victorian painters who specialized ...
- Created on 16 December 2021
- 2. Hair Art: The Morbid Trend That Dominated the Victorian Era
- (Living)
- ... so the trend became a popular parlor craft among middle-class white women of the Victorian era. According to Artsy, strands of hair were braided into bracelets, molded into loops to create floral patterns, ...
- Created on 05 April 2021
- 3. 10 Feminist Horror Flicks To Watch This Summer
- (Movies)
- ... on this list. Its style recalls 1960s pulp fiction novels and pays tribute to the Technicolor thrillers of the 1970s. Elaine, a beautiful young witch who fittingly lives in a Victorian-style home in Northern ...
- Created on 26 June 2020
- 4. How Victorians Cared For Their Furry Friends
- (Living)
- ... Herring, 1839. This article originally appeared on MiMiMatthews.comMatthews.com and is reprinted here with permission. More from BUST These Victorian Blues Were Guaranteed To Brighten Up ...
- Created on 23 October 2019
- 5. How 19th Century Sex Workers Were Blamed For Ruining Lives By Trying To Survive
- (Feminism)
- ... header photo: Lady Hamilton as Bacchante by George Romney, 1784. This article originally appeared on MiMiMatthews.com and is reprinted here with permission. More from BUST How Victorians ...
- Created on 21 August 2019
- 6. How Victorians Took To The Beach
- (Living)
- ... sun. Much as in the preceding decades, the silhouette of seaside dresses in the early Victorian era stayed relatively close to that of walking dresses. It was not until the 1860s that a definitive “seaside ...
- Created on 24 July 2019
- 7. More Power of Popular Fiction For Thomas Cromwell And Wolf Hall
- (Living)
- Like many lovers of historical fiction, last Sunday night, I tuned in to the Masterpiece Theater premiere of Wolf Hall. In scope and scale, I was not disappointed. The sets were magnificent. The costumes ...
- Created on 17 July 2019
- 8. Here's What It Once Meant To Dress "Like A Woma
- (Style)
- ... also ripe in Victorian England. What we now think of as the a bastion of sexual repression was actually incredibly sex-obsessed (seriously, Victorians LOVED their porn). But, like today, sexuality was ...
- Created on 28 June 2019
- 9. The Power of Popular Fiction For Thomas Cromwell And Wolf Hall
- (Living)
- It is fascinating to see the effect that a popular work of historical fiction can have on revising the public’s beliefs about a traditionally reviled figure like Thomas Cromwell. Of course, one ...
- Created on 26 June 2019
- 10. These Carpet Bags Were Essential For Any Victorian Lady's Trave
- (Living)
- Victorian ladies have a reputation for tight-laced respectability, but not all women of the era were content with home and hearth. Some ladies traveled the world, living their lives in far off lands ...
- Created on 12 June 2019
- 11. Literature Meets Litigation: How Charles Dickens’s "Bleak" Telling Of Victorian Law Led To Refor
- (Living)
- By the early nineteenth century, the British Court of Chancery had become synonymous with procedural dysfunction and injustice. This was especially so for the middle classes, who could not afford to ...
- Created on 04 June 2019
- 12. How Millicent Fawcett Fought For Women's Rights To Vot
- (Feminism)
- ... Okay, fine, not entirely wrong, but you would only be seeing about 10% of the picture. Women’s suffrage was a fight that had been going on since the early Victorian period, decades before the suffragettes ...
- Created on 26 April 2019
- 13. How The 19th Century Recognized Their Obligation To Proper Animal Welfare
- (Living)
- ... generally focused on environmental issues such as the effects of greenhouse gases. Instead, those in the 19th century—and Victorians especially—focused on conservation and man’s treatment of animals. The ...
- Created on 24 April 2019
- 14. A Comprehensive History Of Women's Underwea
- (Style)
- ... so medieval ladies wore one long underdress (sexy), which later evolved into slips and petticoats. By the early Victorian era, we started to see “drawers” being worn by women. Queen Victoria was a fan ...
- Created on 12 April 2019
- 15. Ever Seen A Painting Of An Animal From The 19th Century? Odds Are This Artist Is Responsible
- (Arts)
- ... upper echelons of Victorian society to the working middle-class, there were few who were not familiar with Landseer’s work. He owed much of his success with the general public to the efforts of his two ...
- Created on 09 April 2019
- 16. These Women Fought For Sex Workers' And Women's Rights In The 19th Centur
- (Sex)
- The Contagious Diseases Act (here by shortened to the CD Act, because as important as it is…it’s one hell of a mouthful) came about in part due to the rapid rise of prostitution in Victorian England. ...
- Created on 29 March 2019
- 17. Rod Spankings Ordered to Victorian Boys For Joyriding Stolen Horses
- (Living)
- ... was only a child? Unsurprisingly, there were many incidents of child horse thieves in Victorian England. Not all were hardened street criminals. Some were simply immature youths tempted by the opportunity ...
- Created on 13 March 2019
- 18. These Dresses Could—And Did—Literally Kill
- (Style)
- ... that could led to (a v. fashionable) early grave; the color of your dress could also lead to a veeeery nasty end! I present to you Scheele’s Green, a hue with a mission to kill every Victorian it could. ...
- Created on 25 January 2019
- 19. The History Of The "Confidence Man
- (General)
- Though tricksters and con artists have existed throughout history, the 19th century confidence man was a creature that many Victorians considered to be uniquely American. Not a thief in the traditional ...
- Created on 08 January 2019
- 20. This 19th Century English Poet Laureate Gave His Cats The Most Elaborate Names
- (Living)
- ... from BUST Victorians Followed These Rules About Dining Etiquette This Cap Was A Modest Necessity For 19th Century Women Phone? Wallet? Lorgnette? Learn About The Accessory A 19th Century Woman Would ...
- Created on 12 December 2018
