T-Shirts
Description: The Regency Era? More like the Regency QueERA! This design features queer people from the 1800s: Mary Shelley, the Ladies of Llangollen, La Chevalière d'Éon, Anne Lister, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire. Design by Jan Jupiter (jupiterillustraties.com/
Description: Caroline of Brunswick was Queen of England in 1821, though she never had a coronation. She used fashion to speak up when she wasn't allowed to, and this paper doll design by Siobhan Gallagher pays tribute to some of her most iconic outifts (and accessories!)
Description: The Regency Era is famous from Bridgerton, Jane Austen adaptations, and a million romance novels. Caroline of Brunswick was a real-life rebel of the Regency Era, and this design celebrates her legacy! Learn more about her in the new book Rebel of the Regency by Ann Foster.
Description: Peg Plunkett was a brothel owner in 18th-century Dublin and was one of the most important people of that era. This design imagines the merch she may have made if the technology had existed back then. Design by Karyn Moynihan karynmoynihan.com
Description: The Mazarinettes were seven women living in 17th century France known as the It Girls of their era. Most of the Mazarinettes were the daughters of an astrologer, and Marie Mancini (one of the Mazarinettes) published a book about astrology. Design by Ann Foster.
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
Description: Lola Montez was an Irish-born woman in the 19th century who pretended to be Spanish for grifter purposes. She was famous for her spider dance, and for getting in a whip fight with a journalist in Australia. Design by Iris Simancas irissimancas.com
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)
Description: Marie de Guise was regent of Scotland and the mother of Mary, Queen of Scots. She frequently clashed with John Knox, and after defeating him once time she said, "Where is you God now, John Knox?" inspiring this design. Artwork by Jennifer Ferguson @fergiedoodles on Instagram
Description: Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, was both a goth queen (losing her virginity on her mother's grave) and a mom friend (making sure her dirtbag pals ate meals and had a place to live). Ergo: goth queen, mom friend! Art by Karyn Moynihan karynmoynihan.com
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/
The Affair of the Necklace: The Necklace: The T-shirt T-Shirt
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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.
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