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Dressing up like a Victorian lady, Part 4: Reticules and other ways to carry things

Dressing up like a Victorian lady, Part 4: Reticules and other ways to carry things

Let’s face it, we are a society that totes things. To attend the Baltimore Book Festival dressed like a Victorian lady, and still have all my ‘necessities,’ I needed a reticule. In other words, an era-appropriate purse. My research led me to a timeline of purses titled Please Don’t Ridicule my Reticule! by Joan Kiplinger […]

Posted September 24, 2015 by Laurel Wanrow in Book Festival, Conferences, Research, Writing / 4 Comments
Dressing up like a Victorian lady, Part 2: Acccessories

Dressing up like a Victorian lady, Part 2: Acccessories

Dressing properly isn’t just the clothes; the accessories must be right to make a correct historical presence. I have a few more things to prepare for my Victorian costume to be ready for the Baltimore Book Festival. Anyone and everyone going out of the house in Victorian times wore a hat. During the time The […]