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Edwardian Cape

By Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comtable of contentTypical Fancy Fabrics for 1890’s Cloaks and CapesThe history of fashion would be nothing without fabrics.  For cloaks, capes and capelets a wide range of fabrics were used including wool, figured cloth, wool Melton, satin, silk, pleated chiffon, velvet, velveteen, bourdon lace, lace, moiré, taffeta and mourning crepe.  …

Victorians

The Song of the Shirt Poem – Female Sewing Occupation

Female Occupations C19th Victorian Social History & Later The Song of the ShirtIntro Comments to Page Edited by Pauline Weston Thomas for Fashion-Era.comFemale Occupation Sewing PoemsThe Song of the ShirtBy Thomas Hood.First Published – Punch, 16 December 1843.With fingers weary and worn,With eyelids heavy and red,A woman sat, in unwomanly rags,Plying her needle and thread …