They say beauty is pain, but for some Victorian women, beauty was death. During the mid-19th century, many fashionable women ...

In the 1860s, a report commissioned by the Ladies ... In some cases, entire birds—one or several—were mounted on hats. Some Victorian fashion commentators decried the practice, though ...

Many Victorian dresses ... the mortality behind trends further away. Fashion plate for the period that tested positive for arsenical pigments (1860–65) (collection of Alison Matthews David ...

That classic film was set in the antebellum era of the 1860s with its Civil War uniforms ... as well as historical wear retailers. Victorian-inspired fashion on down to stick-on handlebar ...

in the 1860s it was a part down the centre, worn over the ears and with a bun at back. A hat, gloves, purse and umbrella finished the look. A sample of Victorian women's clothing can be found at ...