Edwardian women

Lily Elsie ( 1886 – 1962) was a popular English actress and singer during the Edwardian era. Admired for her beauty and charm on stage, Elsie became one of the most photographed women of Edwardian times. Source: Retrografix.com, Twitter @retrografixcom

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Here you can see some pictures of beautiful giant hats used by women in Edwardian Era.

Lily Elsie: Born Elsie Hodder of Armley, West Yorkshire, England, on April 8th, 1886, to an unmarried seamstress. She began her career as “Little Elsie”,

Beginning as a child star in the 1890s, Lily Elsie was a popular English actress and singer during the Edwardian era, best known for her starring role in

Callot Soeurs was a fashion design house opened in 1895 at 24, rue Taitbout in Paris, France. It was operated by the four Callot sisters: Marie Callot Gerber, Marthe Callot Bertrand, Regina Callot Tennyson-Chantrell and Joséphine Callot Crimont. The eldest sister, Marie, was trained in dressmaking and they were all taught by their mother, a lacemaker. The sisters began working with antique laces and ribbons to enhance blouses and lingerie. Their success led to an expansion into other…

by Elliott & Fry albumen cabinet card late 1890s © National Portrait Gallery, London

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We tend to think of the 19th century as a primitive time, when the main form of entertainment was sitting around and waiting for the internet to be invented. Well, that and rampant racism, of course. But Victorian-era folks were just like you and I; they too enjoyed the finer things in life, like looking at pretty women being pretty. And two centuries back, none were considered more skilled at the art of not looking like they’re slowly dying from hunger and/or a horrible infection (the…