http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/edwardian-ball-and-worlds-fa.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 18 Jun 2013 06:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/edwardian-ball-and-worlds-fa.html#comment-1643901 EH Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209688#comment-1643901 Timepunk Timepunk

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/edwardian-ball-and-worlds-fa.html#comment-1642688 fredges Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209688#comment-1642688 Who cares if it's "period correct", it looks like a most wonderful time! So much creativity! More like a time-travellers ball, eh? And these people are not just "gluing gears on it and calling it steampunk". Who cares if it’s “period correct”, it looks like a most wonderful time! So much creativity! More like a time-travellers ball, eh? And these people are not just “gluing gears on it and calling it steampunk”.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/edwardian-ball-and-worlds-fa.html#comment-1642172 Gulliver Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209688#comment-1642172 Wrong Edward, I'm afraid: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gorey Wrong Edward, I’m afraid:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gorey

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/edwardian-ball-and-worlds-fa.html#comment-1642161 rattypilgrim Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209688#comment-1642161 Kind of a mixed bag, actually, but definitely transitioning into the 20th century, less inhibiting clothing. Kind of a mixed bag, actually, but definitely transitioning into the 20th century, less inhibiting clothing.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/edwardian-ball-and-worlds-fa.html#comment-1642157 rattypilgrim Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:01:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209688#comment-1642157 If you look at later Edwardian period  you'll see how more natural the profile became, almost Georgian as in Jane Austen's time.  Only tens years after 1900 but the wasp waist look was dead. If you look at later Edwardian period  you’ll see how more natural the profile became, almost Georgian as in Jane Austen’s time.  Only tens years after 1900 but the wasp waist look was dead.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/edwardian-ball-and-worlds-fa.html#comment-1642151 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209688#comment-1642151 Queen Mary (Mary of Teck), 1901, during the reign of Edward VII in the black.  And 1902 in the lighter color. Queen Mary (Mary of Teck), 1901, during the reign of Edward VII in the black.  And 1902 in the lighter color.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/edwardian-ball-and-worlds-fa.html#comment-1642142 rattypilgrim Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:22:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209688#comment-1642142 Edwardian women weren't wearing corsets.  Corsets were so Victorian. Edwardian women weren’t wearing corsets.  Corsets were so Victorian.

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/edwardian-ball-and-worlds-fa.html#comment-1641996 vrplumber Thu, 31 Jan 2013 02:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209688#comment-1641996 how droll :-[ how droll :-[

]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/01/30/edwardian-ball-and-worlds-fa.html#comment-1641798 EH Wed, 30 Jan 2013 22:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=209688#comment-1641798 Is that a Bud Light Lime bottle being balanced on that guy's nose? Is that a Bud Light Lime bottle being balanced on that guy’s nose?

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