My great uncle who passed away in 1978, famously did not want to go to the hospital at the end because they could measure him for his shroud at home. I've always associated the shroud with faith traditions, particularly Catholic traditions, and know it lingered in the cultural awareness of Irish Catholic Americans into the late 20th century. To be noted, the Irish immigrants came from the peasantry and not for the wealthier classes which would mean on a practical note, a length of cloth would be more financially acceptable than burying clothes that could be passed on and remade...and the religious considerations
I love the tips about color palette here, with the paintings for emphasis. It can be so difficult to see past our modern way of using color to make outfits, and getting that right can make all the difference for the otherworldly Victorian vibes.
Great video! I would love more in this format as I’m always wanting to include more historical influence in my dress. I’m also appreciative of the male/ more masculine examples since videos like this have a tendency to be more specifically aimed towards women. Thanks for this, you’ve really inspired me :)
A vintage nightgown/peignoir would be ideal I think, for adding a floaty sheer layer over the top of an outfit. White lace shawls/over skirts or dresses would achieve a similar effect I think (thrift stores are great for finding lace tablecloths or curtains that can be turned into a variety of items). Mourning jewelry, cameos, and black jet jewelry are also great additions for a Victorian mourning vibe :D
I love the way you present your videos as history, rather than just fashion. You and Jimmy (The Welsh Viking) do this best. I deeply appreciate the history and you're so well researched and so well filmed that it's just a joy to watch your videos. I always look forward to seeing them.
This video was fun to watch... My outfit today could be described as a lavender Victorian ghost since I am wearing a long sleeved ruffle necked shirt with shirred yoke along with a shin length 90 inch wide drawstring skirt. I'm really just dressed for the 86*F heat.. I have a similar outfit in pale blue and another in cream muslin. I thought I was doing Cottagecore but Victorian Ghostcore as a label is fine with me.
when i was very very young, i had an old fashioned grant aunt who refused to be at the morgue after death, i remember we visited her corpse at her house and she was in a shroud (had normal clothes under) the traumatic perks of small village life i guess
This was so much fun! Getting inspiration not for my everyday outfits but for Halloween! Checking my wardrobe to find something suitable, a floaty white nightgown could work lol!
I think bridal shops are a good source of ghostly fashion because a veil or a trailing dress can really pull off that image of an apparition. While we don't think of weddings as somber affairs for the most part, it can absolutely be evoked pretty well I'd say.
Novels have been my source of spiritual haunting; Anne Rice, Margaret Verble, Dickens, Deanna Raybourn. Maybe it was my father telling me he was born in Transylvania, for real.
Thrift stores and estate auctions. I've not been to an estate auction, but I think Abby has, and I love the amazing things that they find in the really old ones!
I've always been a fan of the flowing skirt, shawl flapping in the wind, pacing back & forth on a stormy night aesthetic... but that's probably the New Englander in me with all those Widow's Walks along the coast. On the flipside, the Midwestern Farmgirl in me is partial to the ghosts caused by horrific accidents because if you made it to adulthood in the Midwest, at least as far as my grandparent's generation, you were more likely to die from a horrible accident than old age. The mournful widow though... that's the aesthetic I'd be most keen to replicate for myself. Mix in a little of how I picture Jo March from Little Women (I always imagine her with a wool skirt, shirt waist she couldn't be bothered to iron/is already wrinkled from activity, and a cardigan taken from her father... wrapping her up in his love when he's away or maybe borrowed from Laurie on a cold day... and just never returned.) When did the cardigan become a thing? For men or women?
Now I like the idea of making a Victorian Ghost outfit for spooky season, adding on to it over the years! Those ghost walk-ers won't know what hit 'em!
This is giving me ideas for styling my ore autumnal and winter-y clothes, as well as an outfit to answer the door for trick-or-treating kids this halloween without going full on make-up or looking too scary. I will simply wear my long white victorian inspired nightgown and have the hallway entirely candle-lit.
Brilliant and extremely fun video! 😃👍 Lots of “-cores” have come out of this but I think my favourite is “I-am-dressing-for-my-portrait”-core!!! 😃😃 I am going to remember that one!! 😆 Thank you for all you share. 🙏😊💝
I came for the first part of the title and ABSOLUTELY stayed for the ghost fashion tips. Turns out I'm practically a glowing ghost at the end of the hallway in the summer (wide, light linen clothes) and yes, you need to define your waist otherwise it just looks like pajamas sadly.
This was a lot of fun, Nicole! Great master class in how to add an authentic spooky vibe to your wardrobe. I'm so impressed by your choice of artwork to demonstrate your points. The late Victorian period was full of artwork that evokes strong emotions. I love a 'puffy shirt', for both men and women, and am always thrilled if I find something in linen, in an unusal color, that includes things like cording, pleats, and shell buttons. You are a kindred spirit, indeed. :)
Those images are far creepier than any other Halloween decorations out now! Off to create a life size image to put in my window to scare the trick-or-treaters.
I found some funny things about the captions. It seems most of them are the names of the painters, but 1) Ira Aldridge is the person portrayed, not the painter; the painter is James Northcote; also not much of a ghost as this is Adridge playing Othello 2) 'nieznany malarz polski' is Polish for 'unknown Polish painter'.
0:28 cult party kei is really fun for this actually! not for as much a "victorian ghost" but ghostly in general! the whites, baggy shapeless clothing, adding of religious motifs, many textures and layers etc
Varney the Vampire sounds like children’s story out of Hotel Transylvania 😂. (Just me?) I love your videos. I’m going to have to add that book to my To be read pile
Victorian were also very interested in seances to talk to the dead ghosts. The mediums were young girls about fifteen years old dress up covered in a white sheet that would walk into the room and touch, talk, comfort, swear to the customer. The customer was allowed to touch and squeeze her to check if she was wearing a corset since then she was human but if she didn't have a corset they demand her a ghost.
My religion has us buried in the clothing we wear in Temple, which is often put on after the viewing as it's something only those who have taken certain vows and ordinances may wear and participate in (they're not weird or anything, and basically look like early 19th century clothing but white, and with certain parts and symbols only taught once you are able to visit temple). Luckily they are done in english for those of use who do not speak hebrew
OK but a massive quantity of under-structure provides excellent opportunities for both additional lighting and portable smoke machines, the corset will even help you distribute the weight ;)
OOh perfect CLASSY Halloween garb for a couple: one of you dresses as the Departed One, the other as the Mourner. If without a partner, dress yourself as Mourner and carry floppy toy zombie cat.
Subsequent idea: dress yourself in fabulously Victorian white nightgown, white makeup and dark eye sockets, and prominent vampire fang marks on your throat and dripping.
Quite interesting and fun to watch. These days there are way too many myths and superstitions in mainstream culture. October should be a fun month but it's been beaten down. Folks these days forget the point is to have some fun and a good laugh at spookiness. Halloween is the best thing to ever come from Ireland.
I really appreciate the inclusivity in the modern fashion pics as far as race goes. I would love to see more disabled, different body and large body shapes too.
Ooh, the medieval burial shroud look kinda like islamic burial shroud (at least here in south east asia). The ghost looks similar with pocong, a common ghost here (it's kinda scary so be careful searching it!)
What was the name of that 1980's movie where her sister brought her back to life and she found out her husband had buried her in a dress she said she'd never be caught dead in? (I was a kid and this is all I remember about it) 😂😂😂
“we”, “our”, and even the word “representation”, while only representing Victorian White European ghosts. I get that this is about dressing like a Victorian spirit, but it was the use of words like “ the history behind the visualization of ghosts”, “the version we have now” that assumed a standard understanding of ghosts. “We”, “the history”, without even an aside recognizing that this “we” and “the history” are those of white european lore.. Representation, indeed.
In all fairness, you ARE watching a white American lady's English-speaking video timed in alignment with American halloween, a tradition that begins in its present day American form after victorian white Western European influences.
Like, I get your point, but Victorian is literally in the video title and the whole channel is focused on western european fashion history and nicole IS a white american person. Her 'us' IS the victorian WASP populace in this case, talking about her heritage. How about you search people from other demographics and cultures to represent those cultures? They are out there, I promise.
👒🔍 Download June’s Journey for free now using my link: woo.ga/1phsqu
Free to download, but is it pay to win?
12:37 at the portrait where it says "Nieznany Malarz Polski" it just means: "unknown Polish painter".
My great uncle who passed away in 1978, famously did not want to go to the hospital at the end because they could measure him for his shroud at home. I've always associated the shroud with faith traditions, particularly Catholic traditions, and know it lingered in the cultural awareness of Irish Catholic Americans into the late 20th century. To be noted, the Irish immigrants came from the peasantry and not for the wealthier classes which would mean on a practical note, a length of cloth would be more financially acceptable than burying clothes that could be passed on and remade...and the religious considerations
shrouds should come back into style they rock
Shrouds also exist in ancient cultures, ancient Jews and some modern Muslims use shrouds for burial and I think it's beautiful.
@@AreYouSufferingX I agree
@@AreYouSufferingXYep! Shrouds were very common in ancient cultures, one of the most famous being the burial shroud of Jesus of Nazareth.
Thanks for sharing this
How to dress for the job you want 🖤👻 this was honestly amazing and so helpful
Oooh, this was awesome, thanks! I now want to go back and rewatch every Ask A Mortician video that involves spiritualism and Victorian death rituals 😃
I always love your research and presentation! My personal guideline for getting that Victorian spooky vibe is "Would Stevie Nicks wear it"?
1830s and 40s guys were really cute i like how they all had messy curls, one or two even looked like shorter 1920s/30s fingerwaves!
I love the tips about color palette here, with the paintings for emphasis. It can be so difficult to see past our modern way of using color to make outfits, and getting that right can make all the difference for the otherworldly Victorian vibes.
Great video! I would love more in this format as I’m always wanting to include more historical influence in my dress. I’m also appreciative of the male/ more masculine examples since videos like this have a tendency to be more specifically aimed towards women. Thanks for this, you’ve really inspired me :)
A vintage nightgown/peignoir would be ideal I think, for adding a floaty sheer layer over the top of an outfit. White lace shawls/over skirts or dresses would achieve a similar effect I think (thrift stores are great for finding lace tablecloths or curtains that can be turned into a variety of items).
Mourning jewelry, cameos, and black jet jewelry are also great additions for a Victorian mourning vibe :D
jsyk at 12:35 - the painting from 1845: that's not the autor's name, the text says "unknown Polish painter"
I love the way you present your videos as history, rather than just fashion. You and Jimmy (The Welsh Viking) do this best. I deeply appreciate the history and you're so well researched and so well filmed that it's just a joy to watch your videos. I always look forward to seeing them.
Jimmy's fantastic!
I love the opening scene!! That mirror ghost was nice and spooky
I know, right??!! It made the hairs on the back of my neck rise!
This video was fun to watch... My outfit today could be described as a lavender Victorian ghost since I am wearing a long sleeved ruffle necked shirt with shirred yoke along with a shin length 90 inch wide drawstring skirt. I'm really just dressed for the 86*F heat.. I have a similar outfit in pale blue and another in cream muslin. I thought I was doing Cottagecore but Victorian Ghostcore as a label is fine with me.
I don't know how you knew I'd recently bought a few cravats and needed styling tips but kudos on adding a new spooky layer to this video 😂
I straight up *giggled* at that opening with the mirror.
when i was very very young, i had an old fashioned grant aunt who refused to be at the morgue after death, i remember we visited her corpse at her house and she was in a shroud (had normal clothes under)
the traumatic perks of small village life i guess
This is the historical fashion video I didn't know I needed!
Love the hair color! It looks so rich and beautiful!
The sound quality is beautiful in this video
I learned alot from this video; namely, that I have been unintentionally dressing like a Victorian ghost for the past 5 years.
Everytime I have an existential crisis I stumble and fall on some Victorian era
This was so much fun! Getting inspiration not for my everyday outfits but for Halloween! Checking my wardrobe to find something suitable, a floaty white nightgown could work lol!
What's your favorite source for ghoulish attire?
I think bridal shops are a good source of ghostly fashion because a veil or a trailing dress can really pull off that image of an apparition. While we don't think of weddings as somber affairs for the most part, it can absolutely be evoked pretty well I'd say.
Novels have been my source of spiritual haunting; Anne Rice, Margaret Verble, Dickens, Deanna Raybourn. Maybe it was my father telling me he was born in Transylvania, for real.
Thrift stores and estate auctions. I've not been to an estate auction, but I think Abby has, and I love the amazing things that they find in the really old ones!
My linnen bedding.
I find the best stuff in my local thrift shop.
I've always been a fan of the flowing skirt, shawl flapping in the wind, pacing back & forth on a stormy night aesthetic... but that's probably the New Englander in me with all those Widow's Walks along the coast. On the flipside, the Midwestern Farmgirl in me is partial to the ghosts caused by horrific accidents because if you made it to adulthood in the Midwest, at least as far as my grandparent's generation, you were more likely to die from a horrible accident than old age. The mournful widow though... that's the aesthetic I'd be most keen to replicate for myself. Mix in a little of how I picture Jo March from Little Women (I always imagine her with a wool skirt, shirt waist she couldn't be bothered to iron/is already wrinkled from activity, and a cardigan taken from her father... wrapping her up in his love when he's away or maybe borrowed from Laurie on a cold day... and just never returned.)
When did the cardigan become a thing? For men or women?
Now I like the idea of making a Victorian Ghost outfit for spooky season, adding on to it over the years! Those ghost walk-ers won't know what hit 'em!
This is giving me ideas for styling my ore autumnal and winter-y clothes, as well as an outfit to answer the door for trick-or-treating kids this halloween without going full on make-up or looking too scary. I will simply wear my long white victorian inspired nightgown and have the hallway entirely candle-lit.
Brilliant and extremely fun video! 😃👍
Lots of “-cores” have come out of this but I think my favourite is “I-am-dressing-for-my-portrait”-core!!! 😃😃 I am going to remember that one!! 😆
Thank you for all you share. 🙏😊💝
Off to haunt the moors brb
I came for the first part of the title and ABSOLUTELY stayed for the ghost fashion tips.
Turns out I'm practically a glowing ghost at the end of the hallway in the summer (wide, light linen clothes) and yes, you need to define your waist otherwise it just looks like pajamas sadly.
This was a lot of fun, Nicole! Great master class in how to add an authentic spooky vibe to your wardrobe. I'm so impressed by your choice of artwork to demonstrate your points. The late Victorian period was full of artwork that evokes strong emotions. I love a 'puffy shirt', for both men and women, and am always thrilled if I find something in linen, in an unusal color, that includes things like cording, pleats, and shell buttons. You are a kindred spirit, indeed. :)
I love the historical spooky vibes
Those images are far creepier than any other Halloween decorations out now! Off to create a life size image to put in my window to scare the trick-or-treaters.
Nicole, Thanks for this fun look at Victorian Ghost Fashion...nicely researched and not gory. Cheers.
Such an enjoyable entertaining post. Loved seeing your outfits and all the paintings, have screenshot some
so I can look up the artists. Thank you!
I found some funny things about the captions. It seems most of them are the names of the painters, but 1) Ira Aldridge is the person portrayed, not the painter; the painter is James Northcote; also not much of a ghost as this is Adridge playing Othello 2) 'nieznany malarz polski' is Polish for 'unknown Polish painter'.
Ahh I love seeing how you style all these pieces so much!
See, Vogue, this is what we want to read. How to dress like a victorian ghost.
Fabulous video!
Excellent research in our perceptions of what a ghost looks like. Interesting. Thank you💚🤗
everything you described- the flow-y silhouettes, the emphasis on movement, texture, layering, the romanticism, really reminds me or mori kei!
0:28 cult party kei is really fun for this actually! not for as much a "victorian ghost" but ghostly in general! the whites, baggy shapeless clothing, adding of religious motifs, many textures and layers etc
Very cool! I didn't know they had developed projection technology in the 18th century!
This video has made me realize how much I love these styles
i Adore this video - sending the link to several friends - your hair style PERFECTION - very Louise Brooks!
This was a feast for the eyes! I loved seeing all the artwork you included in this video. I discovered some new artists who work I love.
Forget cottagecore - I just found my new aesthetic - Victorian Ghost!
Love this topic for a video. It is excellent depiction of the ghostly attire.❤ good job and thank you.😊
As a visual artist, I really love love love this video!!!
What a cool concept/ aesthetic- Victorian ghost
This was fascinating!
Thank you so much for sharing. This is so fascinating. Merry Christmas! 🌲😊
This is the best video I've ever seen. My life will never be the same. Nor, it seems, my afterlife
This is so cool!! Great video, thank you :)
Love your new do! You ALWAYS nail your looks in each video.. it would be freak if you could share some of your personal beauty insights as well!
My mother is very into Gilbert and Sullivan, so at the picture frames section I was waiting to hear "Ruddigore"
I'm gonna guess the shroud brought about the general ghost sheet idea. It makes sense.
I would love a whole video on mourning wear
i love how most of your ourfits have the same accuracy as today's history movies
Love the vibe of this video!
Very fun video! I want to make a ghostly outfit now!
This may be one of my favorite videos! It was so informative and thank you so much for linking to shops❤
What a wonderfully spooky video with great outfits!👻
This is gold. Absolutely love it! Wonderful video!!🖤🖤🖤
Loved this video!
Great video!
Varney the Vampire sounds like children’s story out of Hotel Transylvania 😂. (Just me?) I love your videos. I’m going to have to add that book to my To be read pile
Ira Aldridge, I swear, was the father of the inspiration for Irene Adler.
I loved this!
Very interesting content... Love itttt..... 😊
great video--thank you!!
Great video! Thank you :)
You look so pretty with your new hair-do.
Victorian were also very interested in seances to talk to the dead ghosts. The mediums were young girls about fifteen years old dress up covered in a white sheet that would walk into the room and touch, talk, comfort, swear to the customer. The customer was allowed to touch and squeeze her to check if she was wearing a corset since then she was human but if she didn't have a corset they demand her a ghost.
Thank you!
I loooooooooveeed this❤❤❤ty!
Love it !!
My religion has us buried in the clothing we wear in Temple, which is often put on after the viewing as it's something only those who have taken certain vows and ordinances may wear and participate in (they're not weird or anything, and basically look like early 19th century clothing but white, and with certain parts and symbols only taught once you are able to visit temple). Luckily they are done in english for those of use who do not speak hebrew
Obsessed with the ending 😂 One can only hope to be haunted by a ghost who can boogie like that 👻
That's such a great topic! 😅
OK but a massive quantity of under-structure provides excellent opportunities for both additional lighting and portable smoke machines, the corset will even help you distribute the weight ;)
great fun vid..... but oh that HAIR. gorgeous, elegant, defying any era while still looking modern.
OOh perfect CLASSY Halloween garb for a couple: one of you dresses as the Departed One, the other as the Mourner. If without a partner, dress yourself as Mourner and carry floppy toy zombie cat.
Subsequent idea: dress yourself in fabulously Victorian white nightgown, white makeup and dark eye sockets, and prominent vampire fang marks on your throat and dripping.
Quite interesting and fun to watch. These days there are way too many myths and superstitions in mainstream culture. October should be a fun month but it's been beaten down. Folks these days forget the point is to have some fun and a good laugh at spookiness. Halloween is the best thing to ever come from Ireland.
This was a fun one 😊
Love this! I want to be a ghost. Thank you!
I'm going to languish in voluminous clothes plus a bottle of cognac
Wine sux, and opiated wine is unavailable
Hi, Nicole! Can you please tell me anything about that hooded shawl you are wearing at 10:40? It's really lovely! Thank you, and hugs! -Valeri
We used to dress so elegantly, what happened?
I haven't watched the video yet but please tell me the answer is spirit photography I studied that in my degree and omg I love it
Okay not quite there but closeish
Lemme figure out how to make a glowing cape now
🧙♀️ A witch and when I was 5 years old Casper The Friendly Ghost
O was Casper one year too. I guess that gives away our ages. 😉
I've been looking for an excuse to make more glow in the dark clothing! 🙂
Very cool 😀👻
I really appreciate the inclusivity in the modern fashion pics as far as race goes. I would love to see more disabled, different body and large body shapes too.
The narrow fabric strips that came after shroud top knots and before sheet ghosts look like bandages- like Egyptian mummies? X
Ooh, the medieval burial shroud look kinda like islamic burial shroud (at least here in south east asia). The ghost looks similar with pocong, a common ghost here (it's kinda scary so be careful searching it!)
Thos is pretty cool!
Ironing costs coal to heat the iron. Which makes me wonder if Ebenezer Scrooge had his clothes laundered by someone or did it himself to save money.
What was the name of that 1980's movie where her sister brought her back to life and she found out her husband had buried her in a dress she said she'd never be caught dead in? (I was a kid and this is all I remember about it) 😂😂😂
I don't remember the title but I remember that line 😂
“we”, “our”, and even the word “representation”, while only representing Victorian White European ghosts. I get that this is about dressing like a Victorian spirit, but it was the use of words like “ the history behind the visualization of ghosts”, “the version we have now” that assumed a standard understanding of ghosts. “We”, “the history”, without even an aside recognizing that this “we” and “the history” are those of white european lore.. Representation, indeed.
In all fairness, you ARE watching a white American lady's English-speaking video timed in alignment with American halloween, a tradition that begins in its present day American form after victorian white Western European influences.
Like, I get your point, but Victorian is literally in the video title and the whole channel is focused on western european fashion history and nicole IS a white american person. Her 'us' IS the victorian WASP populace in this case, talking about her heritage. How about you search people from other demographics and cultures to represent those cultures? They are out there, I promise.