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Claire Clairmont: The Real Goth Queen T-Shirt T-Shirt

Description: Claire Clairmont is best known as the stepsister of Mary Shelley, and the mother of one of Lord Byron's children. But did you know she lived a fabulous long life of her own, and exemplifies the candy goth aesthetic? Ergo, she is the TRUE Goth Queen. Art by Karyn Moynihan karynmoynihan.com

Tags: candy goth, claire clairmont, frankenstein, goth, goth queen
Don't Stop DeGuise'n (Light Colours) T-Shirt T-Shirt

Description: The De Guise family were very powerful in Renaissance France. Their motto was not, but could have been, Don't Stop De Guise'n!

Tags: france, french history, hard rock, inspiration, inspirational
A Catte Named Hepburne T-Shirt T-Shirt

Description: While imprisoned in England, Mary Queen of Scots made an embroidery called A CATTE. This take on that design, featuring a much happier mouse and a cat(te) inspired by Hepburn Foster (co-host of Vulgar History podcast) is by Jan Jupiter (jupiterillustraties.com)

Tags: allegory, cat, cat and mouse, embroidery, folk art
Rambling and Unscholarly T-Shirt T-Shirt

Description: Are you, like one reviewer described the Vulgar History podcast, "rambling and unscholarly"? Own it in this sweet retro design by Siobhan Gallagher (siobhan-gallagher.com)

Tags: 1990s, 80s, 90s, cute, eighties
Renaissance Reformation Girl Squad T-Shirt T-Shirt

Description: Catherine Parr, Anne Askew, Katherine Willoughby, and other protestant women of the Renaissance used to hang out and talk about Reformation, ergo they were the Renaissance Reformation Girl Squad! Art by Karyn Moynihan karynmoynihan.com

Tags: equality, feminism, girl power, reformation, renaissance
The Affair of the Necklace: The Necklace: The T-shirt T-Shirt T-Shirt

Description: Channel your inner Jeanne de la Motte and/or Madame de Pompadour in this tee featuring the famous necklace from The Affair of the Necklace. Marie Antoinette thought it was too trashy to wear but this tee proves you just need to find the right outfit to make it work! Artwork by Heeral Chhibber https://www.heeral.org/

Tags: affair of the necklace, french history, jeanne de la motte, marie antoinette, necklace
Hortensia Is A Flower T-Shirt T-Shirt

Description: This design is inspired by a 17th century portrait of Hortense Mancini. Hortense was a French noblewoman who kept flowering and blossoming no matter what her circumstances were. Her name, "Hortense" is a version of the word "Hortensia" which is a kind of flower. Design by Deborah Wong.

Tags: british history, charles ii, english history, flowers, french history
Frances Howard Tyttes Outtes T-Shirt T-Shirt

Description: A legend in her time and ours, Frances Howard is reimagined with her catchphrase rendered in 16th century script by artist Deborah Wong.

Tags: british history, english history, frances howard, tudor, vulgar history
Empress Sisi Was a Horse Girl T-Shirt T-Shirt

Description: Empress Elisabeth of Austria, better known as Empress Sisi, was never happier or more at peace than when she was horseback riding. This design by Deborah Wong, inspired by the famous 1865 portrait of Sisi by Franz Winterhaler, shows the free spirit she was forced to hide behind the facade of laced-up Empress.

Tags: austria hungary, empress elisabeth of austria, empress sisi, empress sissi, horse girl
Catalina de Erauso Llama T-Shirt T-Shirt

Description: Catalina de Erauso was a Basque person whose adventures in Spanish colonial South America (as outlined in her memoir, The Lieutenant Nun) included card game based stabbings and getting hired to courier thousands of llamas. This design by Deborah Wong is inspired by the design of Spanish playing cards of the 17th century, similar to what Catalina would have played with. Rather than the horse on the actual cards, Catalina is pictured alongside a llama (obviously).

Tags: basque, catalina de erauso, llama, playing card, south american history

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