The late nineteenth century saw a revolution in the way pregnancy and expectant mothers were viewed by society. We were now far from the days when pregnant women were bundled away once they began to show, and when the actual concept of pregnancy was discussed in a hushed, euphemistic manner.[...]
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The IT Girl: Lady Duff Gordon
History has unfortunately immortalized Lady Duff-Gordon as the cold, imperious woman who, with her husband, Sir Cosmo, commandeered a lifeboat to themselves during the sinking of the Titanic, completely ignoring her position in history as one of the first couturiers and an indomitable, albeit flawed[...]
The Tailor-Made
Probably this season’s revolution in gown designs has aroused no stronger interest in any point than in regard to tailor-made dresses…the desire to go around with as little luggage as possible, gives special interest to the tailor gown as the most suitable all-around costume yet invented[...]
Fortuny’s “Delphos” Gown
Ladies’ fashions had pretty much settled by the Edwardian era. The days when Charles Worth would wreak sensation and havoc upon the lives of his female clients had passed, and for the most part, the silhouettes of the 1880s, 1890s and early 1900s flowed neatly with one another; only minor bump[...]
