Gilded Heiresses

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How Gilded Age women used portraits to define themselves
Portraits and Power of Gilded Heiresses
 • Julie Montagu
8:55
Ice Cold ‘Fits’: Winter Style for Gilded Age Elites
Fur, frost and fashionistas.
 • Julie Montagu
Best of 2025 (or: Four Months In, and Look What Happened)
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 • Julie Montagu
A Very Last-Minute (But Extremely Chic) Christmas Gift…
Two days left, fellow Gilded Age obsessives.
 • Julie Montagu
Gift the Gift of the Gilded Age
Only 6 days left to use the Christmas gift discount
 • Julie Montagu
What to Expect When You're Marrying a British Aristocrat
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Marie Antoinette, Fans, and a Nearly Famous 'Gilded Age' Dress
It’s not every day that one finds oneself swanning into the V&A after hours with a glass of bubbly in hand, the museum’s marble halls bathed in golden…
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Before She Said Yes: The Letter Where Our AMERICAN HEIRESS Still Hadn't...
Every so often in the archives, I come across a letter that feels less like a document and more like a window into someone’s soul.
 • Julie Montagu
11:12
Decoding the language of Gilded-Age social signals
From the archives
 • Julie Montagu
Heiresses, Tiaras, and Gilded Secrets
From Fancy Dress Balls to Family Tragedy: Following the Threads of Two Remarkable Women
 • Julie Montagu
Gilded Gossip: An American Heiress on Consuelo Vanderbilt’s Scandal
This month’s first audio letter comes from November 30th, 1906 — and it's a gem.
 • Julie Montagu
7:34
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