Alright, it's been a minute since I posted antique clothing that isn't something from a secret society. This top is a late Victorian/early Edwardian (1890s-1910s) brightly colored pink top.

Most Victorian clothing that comes my way is TINY. While I'm definitely curvier than women of a century ago, I typically can't even get my shoulders or arms into most pieces. I'm sure one of you probably studied history and could give a better dissertation than I could about food scarcity, nutritional value of food then versus all the added sugars of today, and so on.

Secondly, most of the antique clothing that comes my way is either white cotton underwear (crotchless pantaloons, petticoats, bodices), or black for morbid reasons I'm sure you can imagine. So getting my hands on colorful pieces is a neat find.

When I do get my hands on stuff like this it typically goes right back out the door. I had amassed a nice collection from an estate and (no joke) the Interview with the Vampire TV show costuming team came in, swept the entire shop, and made a huge pile on the checkout counter to take it all with them to set. If you watch the show, keep an eye out for extras wearing Victorian clothes - some of it came from me! 💋