# When did Victorian fashion come to be regarded as macabre?

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**Created:** [June 22, 2009, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-victorian-fashion-come-to-be-regarded-as-macabre/500567 "2009-06-22T11:57:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-victorian-fashion-come-to-be-regarded-as-macabre/500567/21 "2009-06-24T15:40:09Z")

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Also, this was the heyday of the “buried alive by mistake” meme.

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-victorian-fashion-come-to-be-regarded-as-macabre/500567/22 "2009-06-24T15:46:21Z")

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> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#):
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> \< SLAPS **Koxinga** , TWICE, WITH A WET TROUT\>

I wonder how hard…

I’ll go away.

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**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-victorian-fashion-come-to-be-regarded-as-macabre/500567/23 "2009-06-24T17:05:54Z")

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I thought the “buried alive” meme came because during the Victorian era coffins started in regular use. If you’re going to be buried alive in a shroud, I doubt you’ll notice too much. Weight of earth, lack of air etc.

In a _box_, though, you could have enough air for quite a nice panic attack before dying.

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**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\
**Post date:** [June 24, 2009, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-victorian-fashion-come-to-be-regarded-as-macabre/500567/24 "2009-06-24T17:41:31Z")

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Gorey’s drawings seem to be more inspired by the Edwardian age than the Victorian…

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