Is it true that Victorian era British prudishness was a reaction

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Also was the Prudish mostly a British thing or did it expand to other western countries?

Yea Regency Period was all about the king/aristocracy getting drunk, divorcing, and partying, and the fashion was flamboyant for both sexes

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Victorianism was the worse thing that ever happened to British fashion. The Regency period harkens to the Greeks, so you know it was great.

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>>1312176
I wish Victorian fashion would come back, I'm tired of sexy we need more femininity and modesty.

>>1312508
Femininity is unrelated to sex appeal? Sounds like a christian concept or something.

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>>1312534
There is sexality in modesty too

>>1312539
In that I'd like to rip off her dress, maybe.

>>1312052
I'm interested on this too.

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>>1312548

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>>1311970

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Similarly, I've read that (in the U.S.) the "wholesomeness" of the mid-'30s to the mid-'60s (which peaked in the 1950s) was a reaction against the perceived degeneracy of the previous era (which was apparently quite lewd for its time)

>>1312552
I looked up some old French fashion drawings from the era and there seemed to be less cleavage and more high collars but that's all I got. Nothing scholarly lads.

>>1314395
Yeah. Also the 50s in particular was a huge attempt to normalize the war generation.

You had boatloads of men in their 20s who had only known war and/or Japanese hookers for the last few years coming home.

god this thread is pure cancer

the level of generalization, the sheer truncation of data, is just beyond sanity

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How common were live in maids that wore qt uniforms?

>>1314446
Enlighten us, enlightened one

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>>1315448

>>1312539
Well no not really, dressing modestly is explicitly NOT sexy. That's the whole point.

>>1316128
sexuality's pretty complicated and doesn't really have to make sense

>>1315431
>The Christmas Dessert
The pudding or the maid?

>>1312539
modesty is literally the opposite of sexuality/sensuality

>>1316128
>dressing modestly is explicitly NOT sexy
It's the implicit that some crave for.

t. muslim with hijab fetish

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>he doesn't want elegant victorian clothing back in style.

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Post Victorian maids

>>1315431
In the Victorian/Edwardian era?

Depends upon your wealth. For some classes it was common to have a number of households servants. In the early 1900s something in the region of one million British women were employed in domestic work.

>>1319009
>there will never be a BBC drama of cute teen housekeepers doing cute teen housekeeper things

a right bloody travesty it is, ain't it guv?

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Why were the maid uniforms so CUTE!?

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>>1319648
CUTE

>>1318999
>>1319648
Most higher class areas would have maids dressed like that. What about the lower class ones?

>>1319648
The uniforms may be cute but the women inside of them look "10/10 in Bongistan" tier.

>>1320203
>What about the lower class ones?
>maids

>>1312052
>Also was the Prudish mostly a British thing or did it expand to other western countries?

Well?

>>1320768
delete this

>le classy clothes *tips federeh xD*

yeah fuck off girls should be not only allowed but in fact encouraged to show some skin show those tits you fucking slut I don't live in some muslim fucking sandland to look at bitches dressed in black bullshit

>>1321764
Word

>>1312052
From what I've read the Americans were actually even more prudish at the time, I think because they were more religious. There's a story about them covering the legs of their furniture for decency, which while probably not true,m shows the stereotypes that existed.

>>1314446
Welcome to /his/.

>>1321728
t. Nigel Nigelson

>>1322981
My name is Rupert

>le victorians were prudish and didn't know how to have fun meme

That was mostly a British thing, and even then they still had fun (albiet Family Friendly) entertainment.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j5SFgWDNtE

>>1314395
Yes, most American cities had legalized red districts and whorehouses around the turn of the century. Progressivism put an end to that.