Category: Victoria

Most respectable women wore their hair in an intricately braided or twisted up do. Women would even add additional pieces of human hair, similar to modern day extensions, to give their hairstyle more volume and height. The most important aspect of Victorian hair was neatness. How did Victorian maids wear their hair? Victorian ladies often […]

5 Victorian Slang Words We Wish Existed in Modern English Muffin-Walloper. An old or unmarried woman who liked to meet up with her friends for tea, cakes, and a long gossip. Bags o’ Mystery. This is a brilliant term for sausages! Cop a Mouse. Mutton Shunter. Fly Rink. What are some Victorian words? 56 Delightful […]

In the Victorian era, perfumed products abounded. In addition to perfume, cologne, and toilet water, there were scented soaps, scented pomades, and even scented mouth waters and dentifrices for the teeth. What did Victorians use for perfume? They were understated, feminine – and often simply conjured up the scent of a particular flower, such as […]

Though even wealthy families did not take a full bath daily, they were not unclean. It was the custom for most people to wash themselves in the morning, usually a sponge bath with a large washbasin and a pitcher of water on their bedroom washstands. Women might have added perfume to the water. How often […]

There were very few schools available for girls, however, until near the end of the Victorian time. Wealthy girls were mostly educated at home. Did rich Victorian children go to school? At the start of the Victorian era, very few children actually attended school. Children from rich families would be educated at home by a […]

A Quick Guide to Victorian Etiquette Never eat very fast. Never fill the mouth very full. Never open your mouth when chewing. Never make noise with the mouth or throat. Never attempt to talk with the mouth full. Never leave the table with food in the mouth. Never soil the table cloth, if it is […]

For centuries the River Thames had been used as a dumping ground for the capital’s waste and as the population grew, so did the problem. The hot summer of 1858 elevated the stench to an unbearable level and resulted in an episode known as ‘The Great Stink’. What did Victorian England smell like? They were […]

The Victorian Era held a lot of big dresses and elegant hair- and they reappeared as a big inspiration to the Goth Subculture. The literature also made its way to the subculture, Edgar Allan Poe being a huge hit and a very popular figure in the subculture. Are Victorian and gothic the same? Gothic design […]

A ‘fallen woman’ could be a prostitute (occasional or professional), or a woman who had had sex out of wedlock, whether voluntary or against her will – in short, a woman who transgressed Victorian sexual norms. What is meant by a fallen woman? noun [ C ] old-fashioned disapproving. /ˌfɑː.lən ˈwʊm.ən/ uk. /ˌfɔː.lən ˈwʊm.ən/ a […]

Victoria’s Secret Pink, as you may know, is the junior line for Victoria’s Secret. The Pink line is for adventurous and fun young women. What does Victoria’s Secret PINK mean? August 2022) Pink (stylized PINK) is a lingerie and apparel line by Victoria’s Secret, a former subsidiary of L Brands, targeting younger women than their […]