tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post2540955499289459450..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: The Cost of FashionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-83560319068787406432015-12-15T15:19:14.806-05:002015-12-15T15:19:14.806-05:00I can't imagine walking in ensembles like thos...I can't imagine walking in ensembles like those pictured. They really did weigh a ton, I imagine.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-91694962884831264092015-12-15T13:02:57.182-05:002015-12-15T13:02:57.182-05:00Aside from information in London Labour and the Lo...Aside from information in London Labour and the London Poor, by Henry Mayhew (4 volumes, 1861, reprinted by Dover,) the diaries of Arthur Munby (quoted at length in Munby, Man of Two Worlds, by Derek Hudson,) are filled with Munby's conversations with mid-Victorian working women, from the desperate (2 shillings a week in a glue factory) to the new office workers (one pound per week or better.) He interviewed several milliners, some of whom went "on the streets" as prostitutes because they couldn't live on their wages as dressmakers. Victorian Working Women, by Michael Hiley, is another eye-opener. There are posts about those books, and also about women's clothing budgets from the 1920's and 30's at witness2fashion.wordpress.comwitness2fashionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09385402107834695569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-39000654354139124502015-12-15T01:53:47.008-05:002015-12-15T01:53:47.008-05:00I look forward to more posts about this. Fascinati...I look forward to more posts about this. Fascinating subject. I'm always intrigued by what things cost "back when" in comparison to what they cost now.Lauren Stowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09008240537371936468noreply@blogger.com