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victorian clothes???

ok
so i am doing a project, a victorian letter, and it is sorta a copmplaint letter that we hace to (write) to some1 in victorian England. stupid. i no. anywho, i need a problem that they had, that would be easy to write a complaint letter about. boring, but i have 2. its due monday, and i cant waste my weekend doing my English homework!!! anyway, i need a proble, i need supporting d-tails, a specific request, and a conclution.

if u can help me that would rock!!! thank u soooo much!!

luv ya!!

It would be to your advantage if you did your homework over the weekend. Go to a library and look up some of the works of Shakespeare, and there may be a letter in there that would give you an idea how they wrote in those days. Go to the Internet and just look up Old+English, or Elisabethan English, etc. Look up a letter that may have been written by the old Queen Elizabeth. I know there are some in literature somewhere.

2006-12-07 16:06:47 by artgreak | Posted in Homework Help

Where can I find Edwardian and Victorian inspired clothes for cheap?

I already have a few websites for Victorian style clothes so I'm really looking for more Edwardian styles (think Kate Winslet on the Titanic). Thanks.

Well, most of the costumes from "Titanic" weren't historically accurate, but here are some good websites.

http://www.vintagetextile.com/edwardian.htm

http://www.premierclothing.com/scripts/prodList.asp

http://www.recollections.biz/

http://clothing.rubylane.com/clothing/,id=94.4.2.html

2008-11-04 23:44:02 by Enchantica | Posted in Fashion & Accessories

Sewing pattern for Victorian clothes needed?

I'm not a sewer nor a historian. I'm looking for help from either. Does anyone know of a good Victorian style pattern. I need both male and female costumes.

Go to any fabric shop, or even WalMart, and look in the back of the pattern books under Costumes. They have a whole variety of them. Especially McCall's. I just looked at them a couple of days ago.

They're not nearly as complicated as the ones on that website, either.

You might also look under Sewing Patterns/Costumes on eBay.

2008-03-18 13:46:38 by Ticia | Posted in Do It Yourself (DIY)

Where's the best place in Melbourne to buy Gothic/Victorian clothes?

Please somewhere close to the city, not full-on gothic, but similar and cheap! Thanks.

http://www.gotanyblacker.com.au is an online store, but it's located in Melbourne so the postage is really cheap to anywhere in Australia and their prices are great. Their style is more industrial, but if you're after clothes that aren't full-on gothic then it might be a good option. Also it's so much easier to shop online that trapse around the city, especially in this weather. For an actual store Victorian Gothic is in either Fitzroy or Brunswick, I always get the two confused, but they are soooo expensive I've never bought anything from there.

2008-05-29 23:58:44 by Elly | Posted in Fashion & Accessories

where in france is the vintage clothes(victorian) flea markets located?

people go to france to buy vintage clothes,like victorian or edwardian,but where is the markets?How often the markets open?Thanks!

France

Often considered the antiques capital of Europe, France is a virtual goldmine of markets and some of the better examples are found in St-Emilion, Vienne, Orange, Avignon, Carpentas, Nantes, Vannes, Grasse, Nice, Lyon, Antibes, Biot, Annecy, Pernes Les Fontaines and Isle su la Sorgue.

For the true French antique connoisseur, it would be wise to purchase an antiques magazine that will provide listings of upcoming markets, fairs special events and seasonal sales. Most newsstands will sell magazines such as Aladin, Le Chineur, Chinambule, Antiquités Brocante, and La vie du Collectionneur. Even if the text is in French, you should be able to make out dates, locations and times. It can also be helpful to know some of the antique terminology. A high level antique fair is referred to as a salon, second-hand goods or bric-a-brac is Brocante, Tag Sales are Vide-Grenier and flea markets are Puces.

In Paris, the Puces de St Ouen at Clignancourt is regarded as the largest flea market in the world. Located in the north of the city, it is easily accessible by Metro to Porte de Clignancourt. Clignancourt attracts thousands of shoppers and budding antiques experts each Saturday, Sunday and Monday to forage amongst the thousands of stalls and small shops for hidden treasures.

On the second Saturday of the month throughout the year, the town of Brest in Brittany hosts a huge flea market, which is held in the streets around the covered market of Les Halles Saint-Louis. Bargain hunters can unearth the odd gem by rummaging through everything from 1950s records to 18th-century ceramics.

One of the oldest and largest street markets in northern France is held in Amiens, in the region of Picardy, about an hour's drive from Calais. The Amiens Réderie market fills the streets near the Beffroi monument in the city center with antiques, bric-a-brac and the contents of many a French provincial attic. With over 2,000 stallholders, you could easily spend an entire day browsing and scouting out bargains. The market is held twice annually, usually on the first Sunday of October (this year on Oct 2) and again in April.

Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday are antique market days in beautiful Aix-en-Provence. The market in Fontaine Pascal features some fine French antiques and other collectables. In Nice, the main bric-a-brac market is held at Cours Saleya (close to the airport) with 200 plus stalls every Monday. In the Brittany towns of Quimper and Miniac Morvan the markets are on the first Saturday of month and in Rennes it is every Thursday morning. At Place du Marché (near Avignon), the market has around 100 stalls every Saturday morning from 6am to 2pm.

http://www.frommers.com/articles/3057.html

2006-09-13 08:20:21 by la l | Posted in Fashion & Accessories

Do you think that "Beauregard" is a good name? Does it remind you of gentlemen dressed in Victorian clothes?

and Ruffled shirts? With inpeccable manners and a liking for the ladies? Of good food, white linen and cut glass?
To those of you that like it, You have excellent taste. To those that dont, Go back out on the fields from whence you came and pull turnips.

Oh if only we could have those dashing men back in our lives again! I think that is what all women want but can't really put it into words that males would understand.

2008-05-15 05:15:30 by The silent pen | Posted in Fashion & Accessories

How can I find clothes that have a modern victorian look without being gothic?

We're doing makeovers in my fashion marketing class and that's the look I want to go for. Like corsets and lace up boots. Where could I find clothes like that without them looking like a tacky costume or gothic? Any recommendations?

Note: Any place w/ Juniors or petites.

There is a great collection of corsets in Charlotte Ruuse. And there are victorian frilled shirts, that are very girly.
Good Luck:)

2008-11-04 12:02:55 by Pedro/Napoleon~08 | Posted in Fashion & Accessories