Victorian/Edwardian mix up

[madamemodiste]

I was just watching Oprah, and they were touring the American Girl offices. The Sr. Vice President of Marketing said, "And here's our Victorian girl, Samantha. She's from 1904...". Victorian? 1904? *sigh* Isn't the American Girl thing all about learning history in a 'fun' way? How is it that the Sr. Vice President of Marketing of a product sold to teach history DOESN'T know when the Victorian Era ended?

*rolls eyes*

Comments

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

So did she look Victorian, or Art Nouveau?

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Guess, I should have said Edwardian actually, but I have a thing for Art Nouveau, so that's immediately where my mind goes for that era :)

[oldhalloween.livejournal.com]

Samantha

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Oh brother... I'm all for not worrying about being ultra-persnickety personally, but it is surprising they'd not only say she was Victorian, but also to label her as such on the website (I figured the person may have just mis-spoke while generalizing during the interview). It's funny to think that they could get emails from people correcting them though! I'm glad she's not art nouveau though ~ on that kind of doll, it would just look odd.

Well, *your* Samantha has infinitely more style and is perfectly timeless to boot :)

[madamekat.livejournal.com]

The reason it bothered me is because it's a product that is supposed to teach history. To have the historical time period mislabeled is so sad it's funny.