facesofthevictorianera: This is an antique gown (1890s) on Etsy. The seller also has an original pho

facesofthevictorianera:

This is an antique gown (1890s) on Etsy. The seller also has an original photograph of the woman wearing the dress.

 Victorians actually wore bright colors. The sepia photographs are misleading!

 Source: romanticcountry on Etsy

So when I say that a pattern or chair or curtains or whatever is horrible just remember that these are the kinds of colors it’s probably in. It probably looked 500x worse in real life than you think it does.