The Dusty Box

Category: Fashion

  • Sea Bathing in the Victorian Era

    Sea Bathing in the Victorian Era

    …it is, unquestionable that bathing in the open sea is, in itself, a powerful restorative agency, which many persons may employ with very great advantage. Scientific American Volume 49 Number 07 (August 1883); Page 104; Sea Bathing It was this belief in the sea’s ‘powerful restorative agency’ that resulted in the increased popularity of sea…

  • Trove Tuesday – The Bird Hat

    While considering a blog post for Trove Tuesday, I thought perhaps I would search for images relating to Victorian era fashion (a favourite topic of mine). I picked a year (1887), searched using the word ‘ladies’ and refined my results so that only the pages with illustrations would be listed. The below image was at the top of the…