Ruth Elizabeth Stiff
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History and knowledge, especially about the Earth, are my passions. I enjoy putting my thoughts to paper and I always try to encourage self-motivation and love for life. LIVE AND LOVE LIFE!
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"Maison Lucile"
On 27th July, 1904, the best of London society crowded into a large, grey-walled Georgian room in Hanover Square, with an empty platform at one end. Music played, lights flashed and the Lords and Ladies sat in their chairs, looking at their programmes. Six stunning ‘models’ swayed, unsmiling, across the stage, wearing such delights as “Spring’s Delirium” and “Pleasure’s Thrall”. Although remarkably familiar for us today, this was a brand new ‘event’ in 1904. This piece of theatre was watched over by its creator, the 41 year old Lucy Duff Gordon, whose business 7 years later became “Maison Lucile” — the first international house of Couture.
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff3 years ago in Styled
Nell Gwyn
“Let not poor Nelly starve”, Charles II. She was a famous actress who caught the attention of a King, becoming his mistress and giving birth to two sons by him. She was a jolly woman and not greedy, asking the King for only £500 a year, who also gave her a pension of £4,000+ a year. She herself never received a title, but her eldest son did. She was born into a poor family but rose to become Charles IIs most famous mistress. She was Nell Gwyn.
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff3 years ago in Humans
Today's Lesson Is The Victorian Poor
During the Victorian Era, the poor were trapped in a never ending “Poverty Cycle”. The children born into these families had no chance of any education or schooling, because schooling was expensive and these poor families could hardly afford to feed themselves, (especially when dad or mum or both drank any money away!). Without any education, even the basic reading and writing, the children could not become apprentices or train for a skill in a profession. The fact is that without any ‘outside’ help, generations were trapped in this “Cycle”, (if, indeed, they lived past a certain age).
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff3 years ago in Humans
Today's Lesson Is The Lady's Maid
After the Butler and the Housekeeper, the valet and the Lady’s Maid were the two most senior “domestic servants” during the Victorian and Edwardian Eras. They had the ‘ear’ of the Master and the mistress which gave them some influence with the Lord and Lady of the House. Despite being at the top of the maids ‘ladder’, the Lady’s Maid still had to answer to the Housekeeper, as well as her Mistress.
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff3 years ago in FYI
Today's Lesson Is The Valet
After the Butler and the Housekeeper, the Valet and the Lady’s Maid were the two most senior “domestic servants” in the Victorian and Edwardian Eras. They had the ‘ear’ of their Master and Mistress which gave them some influence with the Lord and Lady of the House. This was either a good thing or a bad thing with the other staff within the household. The valet answered only to his master but still worked closely with the butler.
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff3 years ago in FYI
