#late 1830s

[artschoolglasses]

Mourning Bodice, Silk Trimmed with Silk Crepe, Late 1830s

From The John Bright Collection

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Johann Wilhelm Preyer (1803-1889) "Fruit Still Life" (1833) Oil on canvas Located in the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany

[fauvester]

putting all my st fashion plates (so far!) together

newly inspired to keep going… perhaps bajorans next…

[starzknight]

Disney princess with a bit more accurate outfits...

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[designedandplated]

Children's outfits, circa 1830s.

Costume d'Enfans de quatre huit et douze ans.

Outfits for children four, eight, and twelve years old.

[notyouraryang0dd3ss]

omg so I’ve been stalking the anti swift tag and ur blog comes up a lot and I wasn’t gonna engage just cuz I don’t have much to add but THEN I asked my sister (who is a fan, I don’t think she’s a SwiftieTM but she is a fan) and I just think it’s interesting that even a fan of TS would say this about her album (this is verbatim I literally copied her text)

“it takes a few listens to get it cause they all sound the same at first especially listening at 2am when she released it”

like,,,, even her fans can admit that her music starts to sound the same!! it’s so funny to me I needed to share with someone who would care

i would be so embarrassed if i had to say that about my fave oh my goddddddd im sorry you would never get me to admit that

[daincrediblegg]

Oh yeah so anyway part 1 of the lady terror ensemble complete👍

[chiropteracupola]

just a couple of creepy 18th-century innkeepers talking shop!

[featuring @borisyvain's lazarus mcclure and my own james webster]

[clove-pinks]

Le mari à la ville et la femme à la campagne, by Paul Gavarni (Yale University Art Gallery)

[lunarvalleysbetterplanet]

my thoughts on 'I hate it here' and the "backlash" against those particular lyrics:

My friends used to play a game where We would pick a decade We wished we could live in instead of this I'd say the 1830s but without all the racists And getting married off for the highest bid Everyone would look down 'cause it wasn't fun now Seems like it was never even fun back then Nostalgia is a mind's trick If I'd been there, I'd hate it It was freezing in the palace

without all the racists and getting married off for the highest bid ie. she recognizes it was a shit time to live. the 1830's was the romantic era, the year Emily Dickinson was born and the book secret gardens starts in the 1830's as well. all of those facts matter in context with the rest of the song. it's about getting lost in a fantasy because things are terrible irl. romanticising your life and trying to believe everything is okay.

Her saying without all the racists is a nod to being young and immature but still recognizing that hey, things were bad then. it's not downplaying slavery or the other host of issues from that time. i am pretty sure if t.s. had managed to write about every single bad thing going on in 1830 people would just give her shit for that too. and the whole point is that she ruined the game by bringing up that things would be awful. nostalgia is a mind's trick. they're all caught up on the romanticism of the 'good' and she knows it.

she says the game wasn't even fun while she was playing it.

i remember how popular quizzes like 'what decade are you' used to be. or how many times i've heard someone say "i totally belonged in the 70's". It's clueless and tone deaf to the way real life was in the past, but that is the point.

by all means dislike t.s. but at least consider that this is false outrage. the entire lyrics are below:

[Verse 1] Quick, quick, tell me something awful Like you are a poet trapped inside the body of a finance guy Tell me all your secrets, all you'll ever be is My eternal consolation prize You see, I was a debutante in another life, but Now I seem to be scared to go outside If comfort is a construct, I don't believe in good luck Now that I know what's what [Chorus] I hate it here so I will go to secret gardens in my mind People need a key to get to, the only one is mine I read about it in a book when I was a precocious child No mid-sized city hopes and small-town fears I'm there most of the year 'cause I hate it here I hate it here [Verse 2] My friends used to play a game where We would pick a decade We wished we could live in instead of this I'd say the 1830s but without all the racists And getting married off for the highest bid Everyone would look down 'cause it wasn't fun now Seems like it was never even fun back then Nostalgia is a mind's trick If I'd been there, I'd hate it It was freezing in the palace [Chorus] I hate it here so I will go to lunar valleys in my mind When they found a better planet, only the gentle survived I dreamed about it in the dark, the night I felt like I might die No mid-sized city hopes and small-town fears I'm there most of the year 'cause I hate it here I hate it here [Bridge] I'm lonely, but I'm good I'm bitter, but I swear I'm fine I'll save all my romanticism for my inner life and I'll get lost on purpose This place made me feel worthless Lucid dreams like electricity, the current flies through me And in my fantasies, I rise above it And way up there, I actually love it [Chorus] I hate it here so I will go to secret gardens in my mind People need a key to get to, the only one is mine I read about it in a book when I was a precocious child No mid-sized city hopes and small-town fears I'm there most of the year 'cause I hate it here I hate it here [Outro] Quick, quick, tell me something awful Like you are a poet trapped inside the body of a finance guy

[horsemage]

If taylor swift really wanted to live in the 1830s she would be wearing her hair like this. which frankly would raise my opinion of her significantly.

[selkmoth]

painting at chattsworth house, UK

[cringeborg-moved]

1830s Boys' Skeleton Suit

Here's the result of that request I received yesterday! This is an edit of one of @peebsplays's skeleton suits for boys, to... sleeve the sleeves, you know. I might make some more things along these lines (recolors of this one, maybe a more suit-like version for older boys...) but for now this is what you're getting.

Skeleton suits were clothes for very young boys (about 3-9), most popular between 1790 and 1830. They were, however, seen before and after those years, as early as the 1780s and as late as the mid-19th century. Their silhouettes often mimicked women's fashion in a way, with very high waistlines in the early 1800s and gigot sleeves in the 20s and 30s. See this painting from 1834:

Requires the Fancy Skeleton Suit

Wonderful gigot sleeves from @vintagesimstress's 1895 girls' dress

Comes in the 32 original swatches (the textures worked fine with the mesh edit and....if it ain't broke)

Intended for young boys c. 6-10 years old

Vertices: 935-2672 in LODs 0-3

Polygons: 1246-4192 in LODs 0-3

Yes, I figured out how to simplify meshes. Or rather, I googled it.

Previews are unedited as always

Everyday, Formal, Athletic, Party, Hot Weather and Cold Weather

Side view:

Known issues: Small gaps around the shoulders and armpits when the arms are down, become larger gaps when the arms are raised.

Download (Mediafire)

[fauvester]

if we can't get nighy for henry clay steve coogan would be a decent stand in

[designedandplated]

Men's frock coats, 1830.

Redingote de drap doublee en velours. Gilet de casimir. Pantalon de drap. Redingote de velours plain. Pantalon de drap.

Cloth frock coat lined with velvet. Cassimere vest. Cloth trousers. Plain velvet frock coat. Cloth trousers.

[whatkindofnameisella]

i hate when historical fashion accounts say “i know we all hate the 1830s sleeves”. WHO IS WE. i did not give my vote. shut up