treselegant:

“She kisses her first on one cheek, then on the other.”

Cassell’s Family Magazine, 1881. 

Dapper gentleman in the background: “Well…this is most awkward.”

red-phalaenopsis:

Gravure of the Journal des Demoiselles 1882 with five different images of women’s hairstyles, hats and head coverings

…Or, an ad for that elusive hat shop in Lowtown.