Stockings, Garters, and Sex in the 19th Century

I am back today with a little more stocking content!! I thought it might be interesting to take a brief look at the history of the stocking and how it existed at the complex intersection of fashion, beauty, economic exploitation, imperialism, sexuality and gender in 18th and 19th c Britain.

Disclaimer: I am far from a history of fashion expert and I know there are those out there with a lot more knowledge about historical fashions!! I am but a humble histrom reader/writer and scholar of the 19th c novel, so this is just a collection of what I understand to be true about the stocking in the context of this time period & what I learned in the course of making this post. My sources here include Sarah Jane Downing’s book Fashion in the Time of Jane Austen; Ian Mortimer’s Time Traveller’s Guide to Regency England; the online resources at the Met; and a fascinating article, “I die where I cling,” by Sarah Bendall.

In making this post, I learned about the phenomenon of mottoes on garters and it is just SUCH A HISTROM DETAIL that I know at least one Georgian or Regency must have capitalized on it already. If anyone knows of a histrom where mottoes on garters pop up in the plot, please let me know!! It must exist and I need to read it 🥵.

#historicalcostume #historicalfashion #historytok #historicalromance #historicalromancereaders

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We always need people outside of academia to digest and disseminate information. Sometimes, historians get caught up in the details and forget that not everyone knows what they're talking about. Thank you for your work!🥰🥰🥰

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