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April 15th, 2010 - 8:25 am § in Beauty

On How to Be Lovely

Contrary to the calm and perfect photographs and portraits of stately Edwardian beauties, as well as the trim, pert figure of the Gibson or Gaiety Girl, loveliness took a lot of work. In my former post, The Chemistry of Beauty, we discussed the products Edwardian women used to beautify themselves, a[...]

March 11th, 2010 - 6:00 am § in Beauty, Fashion, Women

The Female Body in Corset

(hat tip to weHeartit)[...]

July 21st, 2009 - 6:00 am § in Beauty, Men, Women

The Wonderful World of Hair

Hairstyles of this period shifted with the shifting silhouette in dress and also reflected, as the era progressed, the growing freedom and emphasis on ease in hairdressing that marked a more mobile society. The agricultural depression of the 1880s which dampened spirits, expressed itself in the somb[...]

May 29th, 2009 - 11:02 pm § in Beauty, Women

How I Take Care Of My Hair

Mlle. Aline Vallandri, the famous Cantatrice, who has the Most Wonderful Hair in Europe, tells her Secrets to an Interviewer for Every Woman’s Encyclopaedia: It is not difficult (she says) to set down the rules I follow for taking care of my hair. Greatly as I prize and value my gift, I am no [...]

March 4th, 2009 - 5:37 pm § in Beauty, Fashion, Women

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 [...]

July 22nd, 2008 - 12:58 pm § in Beauty, Fashion, Women

The Shoe Queen: Rita Lydig

She was known as the “fabulous Mrs. Lydig.” The daughter of a prominent New York family and descendant of the Dukes of Alba, Rita Lydig (née da Costa) was born for an opulent, dramatic life. At an early age she caught the eye of millionaire W.E.D. Stokes, collecting a cool million after[...]

April 23rd, 2008 - 6:00 am § in Beauty

The Chemistry of Beauty

In pursuit of beauty, women of all ages and from all walks of life have created a demand for products in which to enhance what God gave them, to conceal what they wish He didn’t give them, and create what they wanted God to give them. As such, the beauty industry was created despite appeals [.[...]





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