The status of women in the Victorian era was often seen as an illustration of the striking discrepancy between the United Kingdoms national power and wealth and what many, then and now, consider its appalling social conditions. During the era symbolized by the reign of British monarch Queen Victoria, women did not have the right to vote, sue, or own property.Fashion in the period 1900–1909 in the Western world continued the severe, long and elegant lines of the late 1890s.Tall, stiff collars characterize the period, as do womens broad hats and full Gibson Girl hairstyles.A new, columnar silhouette introduced by the couturiers of Paris late in the decade signaled the approaching abandonment of the corset as an indispensable garment.
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Thursday, November 26, 2020