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Beth, linguistics geek, Yorkshire

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August 01, 2012 | 11:28 PM | 12 notes

Street fashion blog, Edwardian style.

Always lovely to see casual, unstaged photographs from this era. Edward Linley Sambourne in Kensington, 1906 [RBKC Library Time Machine]

Posted 9 months ago
/Edwardian/ /London/ /fashion/ /historical/ /photography/ /street fashion/ 12 ♥
May 15, 2011 | 10:04 PM | 23,202 notes
ckck: The first air show at the Grand Palais in Paris, France. September 30th, 1909. Photographed in Autochrome Lumière by Léon Gimpel.

ckck:

The first air show at the Grand Palais in Paris, France. September 30th, 1909. Photographed in Autochrome Lumière by Léon Gimpel.

(via pyrope)

Posted 2 years ago
/photography/ /Edwardian/ /balloons/ 23202 ♥
December 29, 2010 | 12:41 AM | 372 notes
heartclef: Renée Vivien (1877-1909), British poet, world traveller, feminist, and open lesbian. “Contemporaries considered her beautiful and elegant, with blonde hair, brown eyes flecked with gold, and a soft-spoken androgynous presence.” (via edwardianera)

heartclef:

Renée Vivien (1877-1909), British poet, world traveller, feminist, and open lesbian. “Contemporaries considered her beautiful and elegant, with blonde hair, brown eyes flecked with gold, and a soft-spoken androgynous presence.”

(via edwardianera)

Posted 2 years ago
/Edwardian/ /androgyny/ /Victorian/ 372 ♥
October 31, 2010 | 05:18 PM | 24 notes
Posted 2 years ago
/edwardian/ /costume/ /halloween/ 24 ♥
September 01, 2010 | 02:39 PM | 30 notes
queering: queer find of the day: girlfriends via rustycate

queering:

queer find of the day:

girlfriends via rustycate

Posted 2 years ago
/cute/ /b+w/ /edwardian/ 30 ♥
August 29, 2010 | 09:32 PM | 152 notes
edwardianera: Ca. 1912. By E.J. Bellocq

edwardianera:

Ca. 1912. By E.J. Bellocq

Posted 2 years ago
/b+w/ /edwardian/ /fashion/ 152 ♥
August 29, 2010 | 09:12 PM | 35 notes
edwardianera: Autochrome anonyme, jeune femme au chapeau, Circa 1910

edwardianera:

Autochrome anonyme, jeune femme au chapeau, Circa 1910

Posted 2 years ago
/fashion/ /edwardian/ 35 ♥