Posted on 07/16/2012 5:44:05 AM PDT by C19fan
Street blogging may be considered to be a modern phenomenon, but a series of images unearthed by Kensington and Chelsea Libraries prove that the practice may date as far back as the early 1900’s. The Library service has published several wonderful images by the late amateur photographer Edward Linley Sambourne, who was also the chief cartoonist for Punch, which give an amazing insight into the street style of the woman of London and Paris over a century ago. Sambourne’s beautiful street photography captures the casual side of Edwardian fashion in a manner which is rarely seen.
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Haha, great catch!
It’s not your fault for what they do. The fact it bothers you means you must take pride in yourself...that is great.
What a lovely era.
Wow......what a cool story!!!! Thanks for sharing that.
Makes one sad this world would be destroyed in the trenches of Flanders Fields and we are left with a ruined culture and society.
So does the street. We have diesel exhaust, they had the ubiquitous miasma of horse poop. If you were lucky, it was only horse.
And the picture of the young lady stepping into the street preoocupied with reading could be any kid texting these days. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose.
In the English photos, they are shopgirls. In the French ones, they are midinettes. All with very snazzy hats.
It really is true that Frenchwomen know how to dress and always have.
Yes, many of us look like slobs today with the more casual dress codes. But it need not be. You can dress casual and still look good in public. In the summer time, I pay good money for quality collared golf shirts and Hawaiian shirts with either khaki trousers or shorts. On my feet are usually deck shoes or sandals (the men's type that just have ventilation holes and don't show the toes.
I detest seeing adults in t-shirts and sneakers. That's always a sloppy look, unless you are out running or jogging. Especially T-shirts that feature some rock band or some stupid saying on them (grow up people). As for women, they need to stay away from sweats and flip-flops, no matter how comfortable they may be. I like to see women in their summer sun dresses with decent shoes. Shorts and shirts are okay if they are playing volleyball or some other sport - otherwise they should look feminine.
The women's clothing in the article from turn of the century don't really appeal to me at all and by and large, the women don't look too happy wearing them. In fact, some of them are so mean-looking they should probably accessorize with a broom!
Sadly, there wasn't any delicate dry cleaners, so the actual fashion of that time period was layers, and always durable, meaning clothing was made of fabric that would stand up to harsh detergent and starches, thus mostly heavy duty, and amended with accessories such as handmade, crocheted laces, bows and fringes.. There were, however, as is true today, fancy lightweight cottons with hand painted floral, and gaudy jewelry, but little else..
People of the day bathed occasionally, not necessarily daily, and heavily perfumed, and had to be a bit gamey in warm weather, and clothing was worn several times between uses, so frilly wasn't practical..
The clothing featured in this, and almost all film is mostly exaggerated, to appeal to the current day standards. The London based, Cecil Beaton, the award winning genius that was the designer on Lady, was obviously the correct choice.. Even I had to admit (DUH), that his take on the flow of style was brilliant, and breathtaking..
Now I know why flappers felt so liberated. I know England is climatically cool, but I imagine everyone was soaked in a layer of sweat beneath all those heavy clothes.
You know what they say...one mans trash...I love tattoos on women and I’m happy to see them.
Started off using photography (which was still relatively new) to help with his cartoons, then really got into it in its own right.
One of his first illustration jobs was for an edition of Charles Kingsley's The Water Babies. It's by turns conventional, surreal, and frightening. He was very eclectic.
Book's worth reading on its own account, you have to stick with it and remember that the rabbit trails and lengthy asides are part of the fun. It's apparently a fairy story (he says so! :-) ) but there is also a great deal of human observation, natural history, ferocious satire, and deep feeling. Kingsley had an anti-Catholic streak that I don't care for (and he waded into a controversy with Cdl. Newman on that account and might as well have walked into a buzzsaw - he had his head handed to him) but for all that he was a fine writer, a loving father, and a Christian gentleman.
When it comes to women, I like a beautiful bare canvas, but you may have the ones covered in graffiti.
You got yourself a deal. Just told my wife I can have the graffiti covered ones because you said so. I may be in trouble.
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