#Victorian

[hushemu]

Black Diabetic Transfemme in need of Insulin

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This is an emergency. I’m on my last vial. My pinned post has over a 1000 reblogs and zero donations. I sincerely and wholeheartedly appreciate the interactions. (Please continue!) Lastly please also be mindful

Update!

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Reblogs ≠ Donations

[porcelainapparition]

Kenton, Ohio

built in 1840

[juliaschifini]

i do think in another life i would have been truly happy as a gentlelady of means traveling the world, studying mycology, painting scientific illustrations of mushrooms, wearing trousers, and getting into duels with men in my field who didn't appreciate my work

[jewellery-box]

Evening dress

Design House Rouff, French, ca. 1897

The MET Museum

[webdiggerxxx]

꧁★꧂

[tiffanysabrinatattoo]

Arms and Armour (1911) Auguste Demmin

[oldfarmhouse]

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[marzipanandminutiae]

I saw a really nice black traveling dress at the museum yesterday in the train station display. The tour guide said it was a mourning gown, however I would like to ask if black was a better traveling color if one did not wish to have dirt stains stand out?

It could be, yeah! Dark colors, hard-wearing fabrics, and sometimes also small/busy prints were popular for early train travel, to- as you guessed -hide dirt.

Basically, with a few exceptions, it's all but impossible to say whether a dress was a purpose-made Mourning GownTM without provenance. Black gowns were popular for normal, non-mourning attire throughout most of the 19th century (I'm assuming this is mid-late 1800s since it's train-related?), and plenty could be used for mourning. Sometimes for later mourning if they had shiny or sparkly elements, or contrast colors, but still- double duty DID happen.

Unless the museum has provenance...it's anyone's guess whether this was a dedicated mourning gown or not.

[gothdamask]

Goth Vampire Look | AI

[saintinnocent]

American actor H. J. Montague, c. 1878.

[allaboutrings]

Victorian 18k Gold Citrine Ring

[gotholsentwin]

me if you even care

[porcelainapparition]

Ashtabula, Ohio

built in 1890

[weirdchristmas]

Imagine you're a dog who wanted to be a human. So your wish is... kinda... granted, but you're forced to be a Victorian girl who's only allowed to play polite tennis and look quietly pretty.

[dickensianenglishbulldog]

Pros: I can now sing (badly) every word of a total of twenty two Gilbert and Sulivan songs.

Cons: no one cares.

[antiquebee]

1868