Unboxing a Victorian Women's Winter Coat || Antique Clothing Haul || Dark Academia Style

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Who would have thought a winter coat could be ✨so exciting ✨! If you've ever wondered what Victorian women wore to help stay warm in the wintertime (or Edwardian) in this video we're going to look at a gorgeous example of a fashionable and practical example of winter fashion from the 1890s-1900s!

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[AbbyCox]

Idk why I did this, but I kept saying overcoat to describe a man's 18th century great coat, so yeah, gonna correct myself here on that one. It's a great coat. Not an overcoat. lol

[haileybradley]

I am super torn between pulling a Bernadette Banner and dressing exclusively in Victorian aesthetic clothing like this or living in my couch potato sweat pants forever.

[TheBmweed]

I've never wanted a coat more in my life. Like.... Can they start selling these as normal winter coats? Please?

[kathrynsamuelson]

My grandmother was a seamstress in the early 1900s. She told me people would fold strips of cloth in half and sew ?them on to protect the bottoms of dress and coats. They could easily be replaced if necessary.

[nikkia]

Meatball? Meatball! That's an old style Christmas pudding. They used to boil them in cloth, so they came out round. Meatball. Tsk 😆 Fantastic coat. The colours in that Tweed are delicious.

[TheMetatronGirl]

She’s lovely! It’s so cool to see the little struggles with the buttons, and even the stains on the hem. I completely understand how you feel…it makes the past owners real. That feeling of sharing a connection with that past person is just awesome.

[debbiel]

Well you just made me feel ancient. I had a wool coat very close to that in the late 70's, only difference was there wasn't a caplet. We had coats for occasions and dress. As a child I had bonnets, gloves and a spring coat for Easter. I wore gloves in the girl scouts. And there was a time we wore London Fog coats with removable fur like linings when we wore dresses. And lastly girls were not allowed to wear pants to school, no matter the weather or season, I grew up in CT, and walked to school, up hill both ways, LOL. but that's another story.

[janehollander]

8:04 😮"meatball" 🤣😅 🇬🇧 Chistmas pudding 👌🏼👍🏻

[pay]

I might be biased because i have a thing for greatcoats, but damn that's a smexy coat! Bet it made everybody turn their heads back in the day 😎

[helgacucumber]

I love that this coat would be perfectly wearable now in 2022. Maybe a little eccentric, but it doesn't look stuck in the past the way some historic fashion does. I would be so tempted to wear it. Also I'd love to see what that fabric looked like when it was made. Was it more of a dusty pink?

[jenninstitches]

I would so wear this coat. It is just the style that I've always wanted in a winter wool coat. Just beautifully flattering. She is a sweet lady.

[angelapalisoc]

This is a beautiful coat, I have always loved this style. About 35 year ago my sister bought a men's Victorian great coat with the cape and wore it all the time. It was fantastic. I disagree about coats now. I have a car coat, a pea coat, a calf-lengthed belted coat, a long swing coat, a belted double-breasted coat with faux fur collar, a cape, and of course basic winter jackets, rain coats, etc.. The coats are out there if you are looking for them.

[terrichicosky]

Around 16:45 you can see the original colors. Lovely oat

[MsKimberkat]

As I was watching I thought how cool would it be for these styles to come back around and then you showed off your dress. Excellent. I would absolutely wear an overcoat with capes today. I'd need a lining in mine, though.

[konnichibeaucoup]

2:55 Abby: "Nor-witch" Me: *dies in British*

[nutmegsoup]

I have never wanted a coat more in my life

[slytheringingerwitch]

Now you can stick yourself in the background of Muppet's Christmas Carol.

[shawnsisler]

The pattern for this coat needs to be made available to the masses.

[carolynpeacock]

Seeing all the bias-bound seams on the inside of this coat reminded me of my Mom talking about her grandmother binding all the seams in every garment she purchased in order to help it last longer. My great-grandmother came to Canada in 1914, which means this was something that people in the era that this coat is from would totally have made additions to their purchased garments in order to make them last, particularly those who were working class (as my great-grandmother was.)

[gamyhernandez]

I love her and I need her, especially since I'm 5'4", I need it.