The London season was coincident with the Parliamentary session, and from February to July, the dinner parties and other entertainments arranged for the amusement of the politicians and their families exceeded the sum of those given in all the other European capitals. From the opening of Covent Garden to the Royal Drawing Rooms, to [...]
Given the lease of Marlborough House upon his marriage to Princess of Alexandra of Denmark in 1863, the house quickly became the social center of society. Just as the society formed around Prinny (George IV) was dubbed the “Carlton House Set”, the Prince of Wales’ bevy of friends and acquaintances garnered their moniker from Edward’s [...]
One of the things I love about the Edwardian era is the relative freedom allowed between the mingling of men and women. No longer was the chaperon required to dog the steps of aristocratic young women, and no longer were gentlemen forbidden to form friendships with women. Once meeting in a suitable “At Home,” [...]
Society in the 1900s was a far more complicated affair than at any other time in history. Neither good birth nor a title were no longer indicative of being accepted in society, just as wealth did not mean one could buy their way into good graces. Combine this with the numerous cliques divided by [...]
What do you think of when I say the words Manhattan, Gin Sling, or even a Daiquiri? Perhaps Carrie and Samantha on Sex And The City? James Bond? Sunbathing on the beach? The thought of our proper Edwardian gentlemen and ladies swilling cocktails at a soirée doesn’t even come to mind, but surprisingly, most of [...]
