Hoop Era introduced the Crinoline. Once looked down upon by those in the high society they eventually gave in to wearing the crinoline instead of the numerous layers of petticoats to get the desired skirt width. The lower class wore the crinolines as a cheap way to get the desired width in the skirts as they couldn't effort the extreme layers of petticoats that those in the high society could. All the petticoat layers eventually got extremely hot in the summer climates that the high society eventually took the idea back on board. Because of the crinolines long drawers were...

The Victorian Era is the era of time when Queen Victoria ruled the English Kingdom. During this time fashion was exceptional. Touching base on the trends I'm going to break up the Era into 5 sections. To begin, I'm starting with the obvious, Pre Hoop 1840-1855. Pre-Hoop. Between 1840 and 1855 fashion was about the how wide you can get your skirt and the smallest you can make your waist look. Women would achieve this by supporting the skirts with petticoats, some would even wear up to 5 petticoats at a time underneath their shirt to achieve the widest skirt...

I could go on forever on this subject, include an immense amount of artists, go on about the Pre-Raphaelites (I'll do a seperate blog about the Pre-Raphaelites), include a large gallery of each artist that i decided to choose to feature's work which I've tried to choose only 2 of each to include.. that was difficult. In the Victorian Era art styles varied a lot due to the advances in photographic technology. A lot of colour was used in the artworks to record the fine fashion and high society during Queen Victoria's 64 year reign. Due to the fine artwork that...

I am going to start a new thread of blogs under the tag of 'Alluring Locations'. Here you will discover places that inspire me, catch my eye or i find completely bizarre and beautiful along with their history (if you're a history lover like me). To start this thread of blogs off i'll start with a bang; The Winchester Mystery House The Winchester Mystery House was built by Sarah Winchester who had married into the Winchester family by wedding William Wurt Winchester. The Winchesters are known for their Winchester rifles that were 'The gun that won the west". They had...