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Tea Gowns

Tea Gowns

Posted by Selina Law on May 4th 2016

Developed in the late 1870s as a reaction to the unhealthy practice of “tight-lacing,” tea gowns were designed to release women from the unnatural—and dangerous—impositions of vanity and idealized e … read more
"High Tea" vs. "Afternoon Tea"

"High Tea" vs. "Afternoon Tea"

Posted by Selina Law on Oct 4th 2015

"High Tea in the Sukkah", Solomon Joseph Solomon, British (1860-1927), 1906, The Jewish Museum, New York.During the early to mid-eighteenth century, wealthy Britons ate dinner, the main meal of th … read more