Dinner Party Conversation
Dinner parties were common among the Victorians, but the discussion did not often extend beyond the table. Yes, as dinner guests waited for the serving staff to bring their meals, men could only converse with the woman to their right. What a suffocating atmosphere!
Dinner Party Conversation
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Wrinkle-Free Bridesmaids
Anyone may be a member of a bridal party nowadays, so what about the Victorians? They had even stricter laws. According to an etiquette handbook from the time, a young woman getting married had to have bridesmaids that matched. But, of course, that implied they had to be together in age. After all, a wrinkled woman couldn’t pose next to a smooth-faced woman!
Wrinkle Free Bridesmaids