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Fads From The Past: Live Insect Jewelry and Dresses

How the Victorians’ obsession with natural history intersected with this peculiar fashion trend.

“Punch” Issue 17 & 23 respectively (1870–1871) — Winchester School of Art Library

The satirical journal Punch contains some very over-the-top illustrations of Victorian women wearing dresses inspired by insects and animals. In this particular volume, published…

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