In the annals of Victorian medical history, few foes receive as much bile as the corset, which physicians claimed contributed to miscarriages, cancer, and slow, crushing deaths. But while there are some health problems that can be linked to corsets, they aren't nearly the instruments of medical terror that they're… » 3/17/14 3:38pm 3/17/14 3:38pm

For those times when you're flung unexpectedly back in time—or if you just don't want to change clothes between work and your favorite holonovel—cosplayer Genovefa has dreamed up these Starfleet-themed dresses with long skirts and a bit of Victorian-inspired corsetry. » 12/08/13 10:25pm 12/08/13 10:25pm

That synthetic g-string you're rocking all up in your business needs to be trashed and/or burned, because pantalettes are back with a vengeance. Well, according to one woman, but that's a TREND! The Victorian woman's underwear of choice (or maybe just their underwear, period) is apparently very comfortable, very… » 12/03/13 11:30am 12/03/13 11:30am

The woman who posed on the cover of Time totally stole her breastfeeding act from Victorian moms. Respect. (Although I'm firmly of the opinion that the kid in the photo on the left is actually that woman's husband.) (Or a time traveling Dom DeLuise.) (RIP.) » 6/12/13 9:30am 6/12/13 9:30am

Seeing as the month of Halloween officially started two months ago at Spirit stores nationwide, we thought we'd show you something extremely creepy. Compiled by The Museum of Ridiculously Interesting Things, behold these 19th century photographs of carefully (?) hidden moms holding their children. Daguerreotype… » 10/01/12 5:40pm 10/01/12 5:40pm

The corset has a bad reputation. And unfairly so, according to Valerie Steele, director and chief curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, who says this undergarment of centuries past is not nearly as evil or confining as modern folks have come to believe. » 1/19/12 6:00pm 1/19/12 6:00pm

While the Gothic Lolita trend has been big in Japan for years (there are magazines » 9/29/08 12:40pm 9/29/08 12:40pm dedicated to the style), it has recently been gaining traction on this side of the Pacific, and, on Sunday, the with a penchant for "Victorian children's wear, the French Rococo period, goth-inspired darkness and Japanese anime."…