A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty Quotes

“Circassian Bloom was first advertised during the eighteenth century. A typical advert, as seen in a 1772 edition of London’s Public Advertiser, begins by declaring that ‘Circassians are the most beautiful Women in the World’. To enhance their beauty, the advert states that Circassian ladies have long been accustomed to using a ‘liquid bloom’ to bring colour to their cheeks. An enterprising Englishman claims to have duplicated the secret of this liquid bloom via an extract from a Circassian vegetable.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty

“Women desperate for youth and beauty were willing to try most anything to keep their skin looking young. Montez relates stories of ladies who flocked to drink the water at arsenic springs, a practice which is said to have imparted ‘a transparent whiteness’ to their skin.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty

“Women, of course, can never be as good golfers as men. But this is only because they are not so good at anything they try as men are–not even at packing a bag or flavouring a sauce.”
― Mimi Matthews, A Victorian Lady's Guide to Fashion and Beauty