Chatelaine

Authro Gail Carriger discusses the use of the chatelaine in Victorian history and for lady spies in her Finishing School series.

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So. Many. Corsets.

When writing this post, I initially started writing about how a problem facing many historical costumers is carrying all of our bits and bobs when many dresses come without pockets, and how finding…

When writing this post, I initially started writing about how a problem facing many historical costumers is carrying all of our bits and bobs when many dresses come without pockets, and how finding…

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In anticipation of this Monday night's Fifi awards (for those of you unfamiliar they are the "Oscars" of the fragrance industry), we are featuring perfume pendants in this post. Any classic film buff, will be familiar with scenes in which a woman has fainted and a gentleman swoops in to her rescue waving a flask underneath her nose to revive her. As entertaining as this play of events is to watch, this occurrence is not a dramatization. During the Victorian era, the scent was not worn but…

Here's a device to add to your steampunk fiction: the chatelaine, a popular accessory from the 19th century. Part practicality, part fashion accessory, the chatelaine was the perfect way for women on the go to carry all of their tools.

Empty a woman’s handbag inside out and you’ve got the right idea about the chatelaine. Before purses were a woman’s primary accessory, this curious contraption that fell into the annals of fashion obscurity over time, once commonly served to carry her daily armour. Designed very much like a tool belt worn at the waist, the chatelaine…

1870s. O chatelaine/ équilage era uma peça de joalharia que era utilizada no transporte de objetos. Era usada à cintura. Foi um fenómeno no Rococó.