Victorian Woman

Victorian Woman

Victorian nightgown is a wonderful addition to any womens sleepwear collection. The mere mention of the words Victorian and nightgown call to mind yards of soft, billowy white cotton, satin ribbons, lace, and wafts of delicate perfume. Many such nightgowns are readily available today; however, there are other, more modern interpretations of the Victorian nightgown that may be wonderful choices for women with different tastes in fashion. The most creative among them may elect to sew their own nightclothes, using for inspiration the multitude of Victorian patterns available at craft stores and through the Internet. Skilled sewers may modify these venerable Victorian styles through the use of new, funky fabrics and trims, or by adding new, fresh ornamentation.

The Vermont Country Store is a fantastic purveyor of many such cotton nightgowns. This retailer offers the favorite Lanz nightgowns; many of these garments combine traditional Victorian styling (high yokes, puffy sleeves, pintucks, lace) with more modern, colorful prints that may be especially attractive to younger women. One such style is the Cherry Flannel Nightgown, which is an offering of a traditional Victorian silhouette in a fabric festooned with tiny, vibrant cherries. Another beautiful nightgown by Lanz is the Send Hearts Aflutter style. This is a sleeveless, Victorian-inspired style with lace straps and a delicate, yellow butterfly print that falls to the ankle and ends in a flouncy, thick ruffle. The Vermont Country Store also offers a Nylon Tricot Granny Gown, which is a multilayered, light pink gown clearly inspired by Victorian gowns, but interpreted in slinky, synthetic fabric.

Many women enjoy the look of a Victorian nightgown with some more modern elements, such as the aforementioned prints. Other women may enjoy a step in the other direction: Victorian nightgowns that are artisanal, historic reproductions produced entirely by hand to exacting historical specifications. These garments may be astronomically expensive; however, there is no comparison between these garments and anything mass-produced. They are truly works of art! One such company offering these garments is Recollections, whose large inventory includes several white cotton nightgowns. The Flannel Nightgown style has a high, buttoned neck, puffy sleeves with elastic, lace cuffs, and a thick ruffle at the hem. The front buttons are faux-pearl. These nightgowns are custom-made when each order is placed, and are available in sizes XS up to XXXXL. Unlike many historical reproductions, this garment may be machine washed and tumbled dry. Most reproduction-quality garments should be hand-cleaned or dry-cleaned to prevent damage to the fabrics.

Ladies who elect to purchase a sleeveless Victorian nightgown may also elect to purchase a matching womens robe. Womens robes can be worn during cold weather, or thrown on if there is suddenly a need to answer the door or attend to a family member. Robe sets are a fantastic way to get more mileage out of your Victorian nightgown, since a long-sleeved, heavy gown might easily be relegated to the attic during the spring and summer months. A long, ankle-length robe is also a great way to add versatility and modesty to a shorter robe that ends at or above the knees.

Carmen Petitclerc is a lingerie designer and enthusiast who hails from beautiful Toronto, Canada. Follow her lingerie tips on the Victorian nightgown and intimate apparel blog at Love of Lingerie

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The Victorian $40.37 Embark on a truly unique journey of determination and hope, spanning the middle 1800's to present day. Follow the paths of a man and woman as they each face obstacles in the hopes of one day finding one another. During their separate journeys, each is drawn to the same magnificent Victorian, but for altogether different reasons and at different moments in time. See the individual struggles and circumstances surrounding them during their short lives. James and Kristen experience happy and harsh lives, caring upbringings to careless. Each time a new journey begins, the two grow more attached to the stories of the person who passed through the mystical Victorian, but whose existence did not cross their own. James and Kristen become wrapped-up in situations involving everything from train robberies in the 1800's, the Jersey shore during the Victorian Era, New York City in the Roaring Twenties, a defense plant employing women during World War II, the dawn of Rock and Roll in the 1950's and much more. These wandering souls touch the lives of those around them and create friendships that mold both into who they will eventually become. The most remarkable friendships occur when they cross paths with the family of an African-American woman. She documents her family's stories and believes that the two were meant to someday join together. Through undaunted courage, persistence, and uncontrollable hope, these remarkable individuals vow not to give up until they find the person they are meant to be with. Only then will they truly feel whole. The question is, will the time ever be right? Witness the countless aspects that have changed our everyday ways of life over the past century and a half, andsee just how resilient and hopeful the human spirit is.

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A Victorian Woman's Place $85 While the image of bourgeois Victorian women as 'angels in the house' isolated from the world in private domesticity has long been dismissed as an unrealistic ideal, women have remained marginalised in many recent accounts of the public culture of the middle class. Simon Morgan aims to redress the balance, by drawing on a variety of sources including private documents, he argues that women actually played an important role in the formation of the public identity of the Victorian middle class. Through their support for cultural and philanthropic associations and their engagement in political campaigns, women developed a nascent civic identity, which for some informed their later demands for political rights. "Middle Class Women and Victorian Public Culture" offers numerous insights for the reader into the public lives of women in this fascinating period.

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Translation, Authorship and the Victorian Professional Woman $99.95 In her study of Charlotte Brontë, Harriet Martineau and George Eliot, Scholl shows how three Victorian women writers broadened their capacity for literary professionalism by participating in translation and other activities such as editing and reviewing early in their careers. Access to foreign languages and locales and their translation of texts, nations and cultures ultimately enabled them to transgress the physical and ideological boundaries imposed by English middle-class conventions.