Just as the fashions of Jane Austen’s era define it as a unique moment in history, so do the pleasures and pastimes. Each occasion and activity brought the pleasure of choosing a new outfit, and the choice on offer to young men and women w...Lasīt vairāk
After the success of Pastimes and Pleasures in the Time of Jane Austen, Sarah Jane Downing turns her attention to the hair and beauty styles of Jane Austens era. In Beauty and Cosmetics in the Time of Jane Austen, she e...Lasīt vairāk
Just as the fashions of Jane Austen’s era define it as a unique moment in history, so do the pleasures and pastimes. Each occasion and activity brought the pleasure of choosing a new outfit, and the choice on offer to young men and women w...Lasīt vairāk
Garments and accessories are prominent in almost all of William Shakespeares plays, from Hamlet and Othello to A Midsummer Nights Dream and Twelfth Night. The statement the apparel oft proclaims the man was one that wo...Lasīt vairāk
Exhibiting enormous power or inspiring incredible devotion, throughout history beauty has been womens chief asset. Each age has required its own standard - a gleaming white brow during the Renaissance, the black eyebrows considered charming in the e...Lasīt vairāk
The broader Regency period 1795-1820 stands alone as an incredible moment in fashion history unlike anything that went before or after. It was the most naked period since Ancient Greece and before the 1960s, and for the first time England became a fa...Lasīt vairāk
During their heyday in the mid-eighteenth century the pleasure gardens were one of the hubs of polite society. Laid out with formal gardens and buildings for dining and amusement, the pleasure gardens were the scene of upper class exercise and entert...Lasīt vairāk
