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 n[...]
Archive for March, 2009
Elinor Glyn and “Three Weeks”
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 p[...]
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
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 shirtw[...]
March 20th, 2009 - 4:39 pm § in Uncategorized
Edwardian News & Events
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[...]
La Jeune fille à marier
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 fil[...]
The Hobble Skirt
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 [...]
