I have this lovely Harper’s Bazaar from 1891, Fashionable Reader, given to me by a lovely fan.
I finally got around to scanning some of the images. Here are a few for you, the kind of things Rue & Prim might wear in the Custard Protocol series.
“We are told that several ladies have actually appeared in public without gloves; no gloves! Do not these two words imply a verdict of vulgarity?”
~ 1873 Fashion Papers
This post originally appeared in Retro Rack.
1894 Huge Mustache
‘Bring my shaving things.’
A gleam of hope shone in the man’s eye, mixed with doubt.
‘You mean, sir?’
‘And shave off my moustache.’
There was a moment’s silence. I could see the fellow was deeply moved.
‘Thank you very much indeed, sir,’ he said, in a low voice.
~ Carry On, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Yours in fashion forward military inspired dresses,
Miss Gail
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Journal des Demoiselles Date July, 1873
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