r/WhyEvenWearAnything - antique edition

r/WhyEvenWearAnything - antique edition

"So this new photographic process of yours,

Sir, On a recent visit to Lord Shaftesbury

Sir, On a recent visit to Lord Shaftesbury he suggested we take a cab into town. I expressed my displeasure at a bone-shaking ride in a Hansom cab, but he tapped his nose and smiled. I can confidently say I have never had such an enjoyable ride in luxurio

Sir, since losing my pianist to a falling

Sir, since losing my pianist to a falling cask of Armagnac (the dearer victim of the tragedy), my luncheons have wanted for diversion. I have thus dispatched several staff to the musical tutelage of one Mme. Chasteté Buisson-Épais of Châtillon-sur-Loire,

Clara Bow

Clara Bow

Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief

Venus with Cupid the Honey Thief

Discipline

Discipline

Gustave Courbet - Woman with a Parrot

Gustave Courbet - Woman with a Parrot

Displaying their wares....

Displaying their wares....

Prize winner

Prize winner

Get on your bikes AND RIDE!!!!

Get on your bikes AND RIDE!!!!

Come hither.....or else...

Come hither.....or else...

Flapper

Flapper

Undressing in the shower (xpost /r/girlswearingbloomers)

Undressing in the shower (xpost /r/girlswearingbloomers)

The Dame Maggie Smith, quite the tempting

The Dame Maggie Smith, quite the tempting fox if I do say so myself.

Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl

Five naughty ladies

Five naughty ladies

Blonde on top

Blonde on top

Good Old-Fashioned Orgy (c. 1895-1900)

Good Old-Fashioned Orgy (c. 1895-1900)

....of Biblical proportions....

....of Biblical proportions....

1940's Fashion - Dressing for a Night Out

1940's Fashion - Dressing for a Night Out [lady]

First time [l]ady poster. Be nice, I'm shy.

First time [l]ady poster. Be nice, I'm shy.

[F]or my horticulturalist voyeurs! (Be wary

[F]or my horticulturalist voyeurs!  (Be wary that this is unsuitable for viewing while on duty!)

My lover swoons when I clean his master cylinder...

My lover swoons when I clean his master cylinder...

Be most kind, alackaday, [f]or I am not betrothed.

Be most kind, alackaday, [f]or I am not betrothed.

Upsmock Peek

Upsmock Peek

Shall I engrave [f]urther lithographs?

Shall I engrave [f]urther lithographs?

Gently easing in

Gently easing in

Sometimes even I can't he[l]p myself from

Sometimes even I can't he[l]p myself from taking a gander...

Rosita Royce nude with doves

Rosita Royce nude with doves

"Oh my, I seem to have slipped onto this

Scandal! Arrested for prostitution. I'd like

Scandal! Arrested for prostitution. I'd like to let her off with a spanking but I fear she'll have to go down for a full stretch.

exercise and vigor

exercise and vigor

Dorothy MacKaill from "Safe in Hell"

Dorothy MacKaill from

Great as..p. (xpost from r/1920s)

Great as..p. (xpost from r/1920s)

Pear[l]s from a gentleman caller

Pear[l]s from a gentleman caller

The expressive Marmein Dancers

The expressive Marmein Dancers

I've neglected my virtue in the oven too

I've neglected my virtue in the oven too long and now it's ruined. I could get some sluttiness out of the pantry if you'd [l]ike to partake.

Testing the [f]eel of my veil

Testing the [f]eel of my veil

A wax cylinder would have been more sexy.

A wax cylinder would have been more sexy.

Gentlemen may telephone to converse with

Gentlemen may telephone to converse with Miss Reede Fox

A lustful embrace

A lustful embrace

the lady sat still a [f]ew minutes and I

the lady sat still a [f]ew minutes and I captured this daguerreotype; we beg your indulgence

In tatters

In tatters

French Postcard

French Postcard

Just take a peek...[lady]

Just take a peek...[lady]

Cover that bosom, I must not see it. Souls

Cover that bosom, I must not see it. Souls are wounded by such things, and they arouse wicked thoughts.

Your opinion on my derriere? (L)

Your opinion on my derriere? (L)

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