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boasetessa
Oct 20, 20184 min read
Heather Firbank’s feathered hats
I stumbled across Heather Firbank, Edwardian fashion victim, when I made an appointment to view a dozen feathered hats at the Victoria...
boasetessa
Oct 19, 20186 min read
The Seduction of Heather Firbank, Edwardian It Girl
A dozen feathered hats, hidden within the fashion archives of the Victorian and Albert Museum, London, were my first introduction to...
boasetessa
Apr 7, 20186 min read
What Downton didn't do
My only gripe with Downton Abbey was that the servants never did any real work. We never got to see housemaids hand-sweeping the state...
boasetessa
Mar 3, 20155 min read
Would the housekeeper really marry the butler?
EVER since Mr Carson and Mrs Hughes were seen coyly holding hands at that servants' outing to the seaside, Downton Abbey viewers waited...
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