I hate anything Victorian and reject the obsession with that awful period in human history
They literally stole gorgeous bengali muslin to make ugly white smocks and then killed the industry when it wasn’t a trend.
Victorians killed gender variance and sexual liberation in south Asia with their criminalizing colonial codes, meanwhile British officers learned culture by way of sex workers — the hypocrisy alone cancels this stupid ass era
Whenever I see Victorian pieces — jewelry mainly — you see the Orientalist fantasy jump out. Crescent moons, scarabs, filigree, pearls and rubies — but honestly it lacks the glamour of the styles they stole
I consider Victorian a bad luck charm, a ghost story, evil eye
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