c/historyillustrations · by PugJesus@lemmy.world · 1yA Victorian device for trying on shoes. 106 points · 15 comments · view on lemmy.world
15 Comments
WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works · 44 pts · 1y
Looking at that guy's face, I guarantee you he has a foot fetish. The foot is all he needs.
Akasazh@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 1y
You can even see her naked ankle, that's victorian for full frontal nudity.
philycheeze@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
That was pretty vanilla in those times
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
Honestly it's a wonder anyone was even born in England during this time period.
circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 1y
That's the thing: Victorians were dirty, horny fuckers.
There is a lot of evidence for this left behind in writing. It just wasn't socially acceptable, so doesn't show up in Victorian mainstream stuff -- much like now, I guess.
shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 1y
I feel like sexual repression just has weird effects on a culture, I mean, just look at Japan.
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz · 17 pts · 1y
Little did they know, their invention would later be used for other purposes.
ceenote@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y
"You see, Victorian inventor, in the future, your invention will be used for someone to hide their body while exposing their unmentionables."
"I don't see the problem, that's what I intended it for"
huppakee@lemm.ee · 15 pts · 1y
The glory hole we have at home
toynbee@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Did Victorian ladies keep their eyes in their skirts?
Rustic_Fry@literature.cafe · 8 pts · 1y
That hole is glorious!
lath@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
There's a guillotine inside that.
nunzilla@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
So how in the hell did she see the shoes after they're put on?
Bieren@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
He looks like he thinks upskirt is a spook
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Why is it sticky?