Answering Your Questions From 'I WORE 18TH-CENTURY CLOTHING EVERY DAY FOR 5 YEARS' (while sewing)

What was the average woman's wardrobe like in the 18th-century? How did women deal with their periods in the 18th-century? How did you deal with thigh chafing? Sit back and relax as I try to answer all of your burning questions from my video "I wore 18th-Century Clothing Every Day for 5 Years" as I hand-sew an 18th-century style sewing kit called a "Housewife" or "Hussif". Watch "I Wore 18th-Century Clothing *Every Day for 5 YEARS & This Is What I Learned (Corsets Aren't Bad!)" -    • I Wore 18th-Century Clothing *Every Day fo...   Y'all. I didn't expect that video to go "viral-ish", but here we are. You asked me a lot of questions in the comments, and so I'm going to do my best to answer them. I also just want to sit and chat with you a bit about how having a video go "viral" and having your YouTube Channel grow from 2000 subscribers to 37,000 subscribers in a month feels like (spoiler: weird and cool.) Below you'll find the list of sources I use to begin to answer the question about how 18th-century women dealt with their periods, all of the different creators mentioned in this episode, where to buy 18th-century stays and shoes, further reading, and my images/video citations. 💌Business Inquiries ONLY [email protected] 🤓Primary Sources: *Physiological Essays and Observations by John Stedman, 1791. Archive. Org, https://archive.org/details/physiolog... *Emmenologia by John Freind, 1729. Archive.Org https://archive.org/details/emmenolog... *Sarah Malcolm on Trial for Murder, February 21st, 1733 https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/brows... *A Treatise of Midwifery by Alexander Hamilton, 1781 - https://www.google.com/books/edition/... *The London Practice of Midwifery, J. Murray, 1811 https://www.google.com/books/edition/... *The Physician’s Vade Mecum; or a concise system of the practice of physic by Joseph Townsend, 1781. https://www.google.com/books/edition/... *A Compendious System of Midwifery Chiefly Designed to Facilitate the Inquiries of Those who May be Pursuing this Branch of Study. Illustrated by Occasional Cases By William Potts Dewees · 1825 https://www.google.com/books/edition/... 📸IMAGES & VIDEOS: *Summer Dresses, 1783, Object Number - J,5.139, Asset Number - 79588001 © The Trustees of the British Museum. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collect... *Chemise, 1780-1800s, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005.368 https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect... *Pantalets, 1802-1820, Metropolitan Museum of Art, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect... *A Morning Ramble, or, The Milliner’s Shop, 1782, The British Museum, https://www.britishmuseum.org/collect... *Chamber Pot (Bourdaloue), c. 1740, The J. Paul Getty Museum, http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/o... *Was This Beloved Queen of Britain A Drug User?    • Beloved Queen Victoria Was a Drug User? 🤔 ...   🧙🏻‍♀️Creators Mentioned: Costuming Drama:    / @costuming_drama   Unpacking the Trunk Costumes:    / @unpackingthetrunkcostumes   Karolina Zebrowska:    • How Did Victorian Women Deal With Their Pe...   Dandy Wellington:    / indiglonyc   Not Your Momma’s History:    / @notyourmommashistory   📚Further Reading Dress of the People by John Styles - https://amzn.to/373fZ8y The American Duchess Guide to 18th-Century Dressmaking - https://amzn.to/375F0Qw The American Duchess Guide to 18th-Century Beauty - https://amzn.to/3dGD2sy Costume Close-Up: Clothing Construction and Pattern, 1750-1790 by Linda Baumgarten - https://amzn.to/3dDwhY9 Sweet and Clean? Bodies and Clothes in Early Modern England by Susan North - https://amzn.to/3dEbO5I 📸My Video Kit: Camera: https://amzn.to/2AKyToy Lens: https://amzn.to/375FOow Mic: https://amzn.to/2z5mtXY 👠Shoes & Stays: Redthreaded Corsetry: https://www.redthreaded.com American Duchess: https://www.americanduchess.com 🎶Music from https://www.epidemicsound.com **I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for me to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. By purchasing items through the links listed above, I could earn a small commission for your purchase, which goes directly to supporting this channel. Thank you.❤