it's nice to see victoria back. i *don't* have every issue. i have a lot of issues from the late 80s and early 90s.
what bothered me is that, as time went on, the vintage/historical content seemed to be diluted, while the magazine filled up with info that seemed geared at relatively rich women. that is, it became less about "here's how to make old-school christmas pudding or bobbin lace" and more about "here is a $1000 dress you should buy to flounce around your garden in." (the latter is a hypothetical example.)
i will check out the new version but i really wish they would dial it back to where it was around 1990-1992, rather than where it was when they ceased publication.
also also - this news makes me miss the Past Times catalog horribly. there is still a UK edition online, with a very very very small sampling of their old wares (mostly furniture and such) but there seems to be no US edition. If Victoria was a theory Past Times was a practice. (There's still Victorian Trading Company and Amazon Drygoods, though, I guess....)
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Date: 2007-11-17 10:41 am (UTC)what bothered me is that, as time went on, the vintage/historical content seemed to be diluted, while the magazine filled up with info that seemed geared at relatively rich women. that is, it became less about "here's how to make old-school christmas pudding or bobbin lace" and more about "here is a $1000 dress you should buy to flounce around your garden in." (the latter is a hypothetical example.)
i will check out the new version but i really wish they would dial it back to where it was around 1990-1992, rather than where it was when they ceased publication.
also also - this news makes me miss the Past Times catalog horribly. there is still a UK edition online, with a very very very small sampling of their old wares (mostly furniture and such) but there seems to be no US edition. If Victoria was a theory Past Times was a practice. (There's still Victorian Trading Company and Amazon Drygoods, though, I guess....)