{"id":10215,"date":"2024-03-22T13:03:57","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T20:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/?p=10215"},"modified":"2024-03-22T13:04:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T20:04:42","slug":"victorian-bathingsuit-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2024\/03\/victorian-bathingsuit-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Theatrical Victorian Bathing Attire – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

“By the Sea” – Theatrical Victorian Bathing Attire – Part 1<\/span><\/h1>\n

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True Confession: I have a strange hobby – I cosplay as a college professor at steampunk conventions.<\/p>\n

Over the past 20 years, I’ve traveled to conventions up and down the West Coast presenting slide history talks focused on 1850 – 1920.<\/p>\n

This year, I’m doing something I haven’t done in many years. I’m going to make a costume to attend one of my talks!<\/p>\n

“By The Sea”<\/h3>\n

This year, Clockwork Alchemy has a fun theme, the Aetheric Ocean.\u00a0 For this event, I’ve put together two 50-minute slide-show talks.\u00a0 The first, “By The Sea” is a survey of Victorian and Edwardian bathing customs and costumes.<\/p>\n

As I have pulled out primary source materials, I’ve been bitten by the bug to make a historically inspired bathing suit to wear while I give the presentation.\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

“By The Sea”
\nCostume Design: First Five Steps<\/h3>\n