Victorian Fashion Cartoons

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I just love these spoofs from the 1860s! So many artists found women's new fashions completely comical and worthy of high satire. The first three cartoons poke fun at hoopskirts, while the one on the lower right demonstrates how unflattering a "spoon" bonnet can be on the wrong size head!

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Regency Gowns at Jane Austen's House