Victorian Dress vs Fight Scenes: “The Nevers” Costume Analysis

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by Bernadette Banner

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03.24.2026



This video is sponsored by HBO’s new original series “The Nevers” with the condition that I would be permitted to speak truthfully about the historical details found in the clothes.
The Nevers is streaming now on HBO Max with new episodes out on Sundays, and is coming to Sky on 17 May for UKfolks!

For further explorations into the realm of Fighting Things In Corsets, I strongly recommend Stage Combatant @JillBearup’s videos! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCe5Kht9a2U&t=2s

SOURCES:
[1] Women 1890-1896, Plate 055. The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. b17509853. shorturl.at/lpxD7
[2] Erzherzogin Maria Annunziata mit ihrem Verlobten, Herzog Siegfried in Bayern, 1902. Wikimedia Commons, shorturl.at/jlrJQ
[3] Forest Green Walking Suit, 1898 – 1899. The Albany Institute of History and Art, accession no. x1940.467.21. shorturl.at/ACIO2
[4] Fashion Plates, 1898. The Bartos Collection, The Barrington House. shorturl.at/lrsM1
[5] A small selection of articles discussing the importance health at the end of the 19th century include:
“Multiple Classified Advertisements.” The Gentlewoman and Modern Life, vol. XXVII, no. 697, 1903. Nineteenth Century Collections Online, shorturl.at/tBEJK. Accessed 24 Apr. 2021.
“Kids to Health.” Home Links, 1898. Nineteenth Century Collections Online, shorturl.at/foDE5. Accessed 24 Apr. 2021.
Forshaw, Chas. F. “Mr. Gladstone’s Recipe for Health & Long Life.” The Gentlewoman and Modern Life, vol. XXV, no. 645, 1902, p. XIX. Nineteenth Century Collections Online, shorturl.at/lIKQ5. Accessed 24 Apr. 2021.
“Housewives Need to Be Especially Careful in the Use of Baking Powder, as It Often Contains Ingredients Injurious to Health.” The Gentlewoman and Modern Life, vol. XXIII, no. 595, 1901, p. 752. Nineteenth Century Collections Online, shorturl.at/epJ78. Accessed 24 Apr. 2021.
“By the Kind Permission of Mrs. Lionel Phillips, a Lecture on Danish Health Exercises, by Mrs. Josef Conn, Was Given at 33, Grosvenor Square, Last Thursday There Was a Numerous and Interested Audience, Which Evinced Great Interest in the All-Important Subject of Health and Its Preservation by Natural Means.” The Gentlewoman and Modern Life, vol. XXII, no. 560, 1901, p. 442. Nineteenth Century Collections Online, shorturl.at/fuAMZ. Accessed 24 Apr. 2021.
[6] “The ‘Rational’ Corset Bodice.” The Gentlewoman and Modern Life, vol. XXIII, no. 587, 1901, p. x. Nineteenth Century Collections Online, shorturl.at/uDK39. Accessed 24 Apr. 2021.
Further selected examples of products advertised for ‘health’:
“Multiple Display Advertisements.” The Gentlewoman and Modern Life, vol. XXIV, no. 622, 1902. Nineteenth Century Collections Online, shorturl.at/eqBV3. Accessed 24 Apr. 2021.
“An Alpine Health Resort.” The Gentlewoman and Modern Life, vol. XXV, no. 630, 1902, p. XII. Nineteenth Century Collections Online, shorturl.at/cCQ07. Accessed 24 Apr. 2021.
“Cadbury’s a Motor-Force for Health.” The Gentlewoman and Modern Life, vol. XXV, no. 628, 1902, p. XXI. Nineteenth Century Collections Online, shorturl.at/juHKM. Accessed 24 Apr. 2021.
[7] “Studio portrait of four female tennis players, 1907”. Wikimedia Commons, shorturl.at/ghvL6
[8] “Muriel Robb (1878-1907), English tennis player, Wimbledon singles champion in 1902”. Arthur Wallis Myers (1903): Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. Scribner’s Sons, New York. Via Wikimedia Commons, shorturl.at/yQRT7
[9] Lady cyclist wearing divided skirt, c. 1895. The New York Public Library. shorturl.at/enoxE
[10] “Multiple Display Advertisements.” The Designer and the Woman’s Magazine, vol. IV, no. 3, 1896. Nineteenth Century Collections Online, shorturl.at/alxPX.
[11] “1896, Plate 055”. The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. b17520939. shorturl.at/hpuwC.
[12] “1896, Plate 054”. The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. b17520939. shorturl.at/gyzO1.
[13] “1896, Plate 077”. The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. b17520939. shorturl.at/cxAV5.
[14] “1896, Plate 065”. The Costume Institute, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession no. b17520939. shorturl.at/sLOS7.

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