#1890s cycling

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Brown wool cycling suit, 1896-1898, American.

Met Museum.

[nemfrog]

"Ordinary bicycle." Cycling for health and pleasure. 1890.

Internet Archive

[crinolinecuriousity]

Cycling Suit | c.1896-1898 | American

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1896

Right: “Oh”, William H. Walker.

Leit: Cycling Suit, Trouville. MET Accession Number: 2009.300.547a, b

Center and Right: Court Presentation Ensemble, probably American, and a photograph of Emily Warren Roebling wearing it. MET Accession Number: 2009.300.941a-e

Left: Bridesmaid Dress, A. F. Jammes. MET Accession Number: C.1.41.14.2

Center and Right: Wedding Dress, House of Worth, and sleeve detail. MET Accession Number: C.1.41.14.1 Death’s Head Buttons!!!

[semioticapocalypse]

Alfred Eberling. Dvortsovaya Embankment, Saint-Petersburg. 1899

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[fisarmonical]

Harper's October 1894. Creator: Penfield, Edward, 1866-1925, artist. Image of an advertisement for Harper's magazine October 1894 issue featuring a man cycling and smoking a pipe on a bicycle near the shore in a wooded area with a copy of Harper's in one pocket.

[dcbnam-aep]

marvel knew that putting loki and mobius on that two person bike would have been too powerful

[letter-orcs-art]

OC-tober 2024, pt. 4

Day #19 - With their significant other: Ahuiliztli & Isandro Juarez

Day #20 - Friend group: Iris Carrey, Erin Lyle, and Blake Lesley-Ibarra

Day #21 - Sport clothes: Kristina “Kitty” Devrees-Delacroix

Day #22 - Working: Venus

Day #23 - The one who died: Yolihuani

Day #24 - Human -> non-human: Esme

[vera-simik]

Day #21 - Sport clothes: Kristina "Kitty" Devrees-Delacroix

[thedeadleafs]

Frederick Winthrop Ramsdell, American Crescent Cycles, 1899

[detroitlib]

Exposition : Royal Cycle Works : manufacturers of high grade wheels, Marshall, Mich., U.S.A. / Royal Cycle Works. Title from cover. Includes illustrations. Forman-Bassett-Hatch Co., 1893.

National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library

[digitalfashionmuseum]

Beige linen bicycling jacket, ca. 1895.

Kerry Taylor Auctions.

[vintagepromotions]

Poster advertising a cycling magazine called ‘Bearings - the cycling authority of America’ (c. 1890). Artwork by Charles A. Cox.

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— Continuing on to 1895 —

Sorry to those of you who aren’t interested in dress history.

1895

Left: A Friendly Call, William Merritt Chase.

Right: Toronto Public Library Staff, ca. 1895.

Left: Untitled, William H. Walker. William H. Walker did numerous illustrations meant to criticize velocipedestriennes and the “New Woman”. However, some of these illustrations are in keeping with what was being worn, and the women are often stylishly dressed.

Right: Cycling Suit. FIDM Museum. It’s absolutely hideous. My eyes are bleeding. I love it.

Left: Walking Suit, Jacques Doucet. V&A Accession Number: T.15&A-1979

Center: Dress, American. MET Accession Number: 2009.300.2434a-d

Right: Evening Dress, Rouff. MET Accession Number: 2009.300.6477a, b

Left: Sweater, probably American. MET Accession Number: 2009.300.1111 I wish I could wear sweaters without overheating…

Right: Bodice, L. Guiquin. V&A Accession Number: T.271&A-1972 This would be absolutely amazing on Halloween.

Extant example: Evening Dress, Rouff. MET Accession Number: 2009.300.2339a, b

Extant example: Wedding Ensemble, M. L. Doyle (a, b) and H.W. Baldwin Co. (c, d). MET Accession Number: C.1.52.10.1a-d

Extant example: Afternoon Dress, American. MET Accession Number: 2009.300.7174a, b

Extant example: Dress, Labout & Robina. MET Accession Number: 2009.300.670

[bitsofsciencelife]

Ok everyone, before you panic, go look up dr.andrealove, drjengunter, and drjenniferlincoln on Instagram they have broken down this subject. But basically, the study is basically a nothing-result. The methodology isn't... Great. But even with the bad methodology and unrealistic conditions of the study, the ammounts of metals found were very low, below consumer food safety limits. They were definitely NOT "concerning levels". Most trace toxic substances found in consumer goods are often due to accidental contamination of raw materials or during the manufacturing process. They are NOT added on purpose. Yes, we should still monitor for safety levels to make sure everything is OK, but that's what regulatory bodies like the FDA and toxicologists do. They aren't just doing nothing all day. Also, metals can often be there on purpose for antimicrobial reasons, as we know silver and copper have such properties, for example, but the sensationalized short videos and news don't seem to care about THAT, huh? Biases.

It isn't like tampon companies are trying to scam and poison us un purpose. (If anything, these results are a lesson in why organic and natural often don't mean anything beyond marketing tactics and how sensationalized and taboo female bodies still are. Weird.) Women, trans men, AFAB, and feminine-presenting people already have a lot to deal with as is without everyone trying to scare us about period products that have been safely used for decades in the modern world.

Yes, we still need more research and funding in gynecology, periods, and women's health, but this article is just bad science, and the news covering it are fearmongering. You can keep using your tampons they're safe!! (Just remember to change your tampons, cups and discs every 8 hours max to avoid toxic shock syndrome.)

(Also, not everyone can or wants to change to a reusable period product for multiple reasons. Check your privilege. Please don't shame people for what they use to deal with their periods. Not everyone has ready access to clean water either.)

Weighing up the pros and cons of different sanitary products requires sound knowledge of what risks and benefits each poses. For the first time, researchers have measured concentrations of various metals in tampons, finding worrying levels of several toxic types, including lead, for which there is no safe level of exposure. The walls of the human vagina are lined with a highly absorptive tissue that has the potential to soak up stray pollutants – like metals – that would circulate in the bloodstream without being filtered by the liver first.

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