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A Simple Coiffure: Basic Hairstyles for Victorian Women of Moderate Means
Victorian women of moderate means favored practical hairstyles such as firmly pinned plaits, simple chignons, and rolls bound up in a hair net or secured with a ribbon....
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A Passion for Auburn Hair: Victorian Views On Reddish-Brown Tresses
By the Victorian era, the passion for auburn hair had reached a fever pitch. ...
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The Scent of Violets: Perfume, Cosmetics, and Crime in the Late Victorian Era
Violet was the reigning fragrance of the 1890s. It was used to scent everything from perfumes to tooth powder....
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Easter Bonnets of the Late 19th Century
In the nineteenth century, Easter Sunday was an occasion for ladies of all classes to don their most fashionable bonnets. ...
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A Fashionable Coiffure: Rolls, Plaits, and other Popular Hairstyles of 1863
In the 1860s, hair was arranged in enormous rolls, plaited into intricately woven patterns, or bound up into silken nets or velvet hoods....
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Emblems of the Soul: Butterflies in Victorian Fashion and Folklore
Victorians had a fascination with natural history that manifested itself in various ways, not the least of which was in fashionable clothing and décor....
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