Archive for March, 2009
March 30th, 2009 | 1 Comment
The backlash against this ball finds a parallel in today’s current economic situation, as the excesses of Wall Street and the free-for-all spending of bailout money by executives has evoked as much anger and resentment in people today, as our Gilded Age counterparts were during that eventful night over 100 years ago.
While Rome–or in this [...]
Tags: 1897, ball, bradley-martin, depression, Scandal, waldorf=astoria
Posted in New York City, Scandal | 1 Comment »
March 28th, 2009 | 1 Comment
In 1812 with the publication of Childe Harold, Lord Byron “awoke and found myself famous”. The same could be said of prolific Edwardian author Elinor Glyn who, after stirring a bit of attention for herself with The Visits of Elizabeth awoke one morning in 1907 to find herself infamous with the publication of Three Weeks.
A [...]
Tags: 1907, elinor glyn, novelist, romance novel
Posted in Books, Literature, Love, Scandal, Women | 1 Comment »
by Victoria Fishburn
Imagine a beautiful woman from Edwardian England who married an Earl, became mistress to the Prince of Wales and astonished Society by standing as a Labour candidate for Parliament. Such a woman was Daisy, Countess of Warwick. Her words, written in two memoirs and countless other books, are still quoted by most [...]
Tags: aristocrat, marlborough house set, socialism, socialite
Posted in Featured, Politics, Society, Women | No Comments »
March 25, 2009 is the 98th anniversary of the fire that tore through the workrooms of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and left 148 women dead. It had been a normal day in the factory where hundreds of young immigrant women worked in fourteen hour shifts for six or seven dollars a week to make [...]
Tags: factory workers, fire, immigrants, tragedy, working classes
Posted in New York City, Scandal, Women | No Comments »
For anyone living within the Pittsburgh area, Nancy Koller of Nancy’s Fancy Tea Room will be hosting a re-creation of the last supper aboard the Titanic at 6 pm, 14 April. “Reservations are required and may be made by calling 724-628-0173. Koller encourages guests to dress in formal wear, although fancy dress is not required.” [...]
Tags: events, news, updates, websites
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March 17th, 2009 | 1 Comment
The Edwardian era appeared rife with social movements, but none caused as much furor as the “New Woman.” From Paris to London to New York to San Francisco, this phenomenon resulted in bitter denunciations, criticism and recriminations which thundered from pulpits to the Houses of Parliament.
The New Woman was a reaction against the long-held notions [...]
Tags: clothing, Fashion, girls, social movements, Women
Posted in Fashion, Women | 1 Comment »
He had drawn out his cigarettes as he spoke, and she reached her hand toward the case.
“Oh, do give me one–I haven’t smoked for days!”
“Why such unnatural abstinence? Everybody smokes at Bellomont.”
“Yes–but it is not considered becoming in a jeune fille à marier; and at the present moment I am a jeune fille à marier.
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Tags: America, edwardian teen, england, france, young women
Posted in Etiquette, Marriage, Washington D.C., Women | 1 Comment »
Of all the fads in fashion of the Edwardian era, none was so provocative–or dangerous–as the hobble skirt. French couturier Paul Poiret claimed to have created the hobble skirt, but the narrow, nearly skin-tight skirt had its roots in the early 1880s, when fashion placed emphasis on the posterior hidden beneath a neat, erotic bustle. [...]
Tags: fads, Fashion, hobble skirt
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