Great references!! Another Holmes fan!
Yours in costuming, Lisa a
On Tue, 14 Oct 2014 10:44:38 +0100 Kate Bunting
writes:
> Another point: some of Sherlock Holmes's deductions depend on the
> fact that
> lower middle-class Victorians owned fewer clothes than most of us do
> today.
> Even aft
Another point: some of Sherlock Holmes's deductions depend on the fact that
lower middle-class Victorians owned fewer clothes than most of us do today.
Even after the textile industry was mechanised, before the invention of
synthetic fibres clothing was comparatively expensive. So, the typist in "A
Hi Cassandra,
Long time, since I"ve heard from you. Lizzie Borden, according to my
research, would have been dressed in a normal way on the day of the
murders. Every movie I"ve seen about her is a fantasy, as well as most
if not all of the documentaries.
We know:
* that she was wearing a "wr
Sounds like you are looking at the lower middle class. As for parties,
everybody had them, at least on holidays, weddings, and other special
occasions. The issue is how fancy the parties were.
Note that judging from period fiction, women of the Victorian lower and
middle-middle classes were o
Hi All,
I've given some thought as to how I would describe middle class for my
research project since you're all correct in that middle class covers a wide
range.
I'm looking at people who had enough that they could grow or purchase enough
food to not worry about having food, farm families w
