Meet the couple who shunned cell phones, internet, appliances, and transport to live the Victorian life.

It's truly old fashioned romance. Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman were drawn to each other out of a shared fascination with the Victorian era. And over time, their passion has bloomed in a very unconventional fashion. For the last five years, the Seattle-based couple have dressed, traveled, cooked, eaten, and entertained themselves as if they lived in the 19th century. Though a life free of electricity, internet, and sneakers smacks of horror to most people today, the Chrismans insist they are the lucky ones.

Sarah and Gabriel Chrisman, of Seattle, made the leap five years ago
Both were passionate about Victorian era so started dressing that way
Then bought an 1888-built house, replaced all the modern appliances
Sarah, 35, insists their 'academic research' has given them a better life
She wears a corset every day and even goes hiking in it - which is 'easy'

For the last five years, the Seattle-based couple who married in 2002 have dressed, traveled, cooked, eaten, and entertained themselves as if they lived in the 19th century.

Though a life free of cell phones, internet, modern transport and sneakers smacks of horror to most people today, the Chrismans insist they are the lucky ones.

'Even before I met Gabriel, we both saw value in older ways of looking at the world,' academic and massage therapist Sarah, 35, writes in a personal essay for Vox.

'He had been homeschooled as a child, and he never espoused the strict segregation that now seems to exist between life and learning.
'As adults, we both wanted to learn more about a time that fascinated each of us.

'But it took mutual support to challenge society's dogmas of how we should live, how we should learn. We came into it gradually — and together.'

Sarah wears a corset all day, every day. Gabriel, a library and information science academic, wears authentic gold-rimmed 19th century glasses.

Their home, built in 1888, is equipped with oil-powered lamps, and doesn't have an electric fridge or oven.

Clothes are washed in a bucket of room-temperature water.

For entertainment, Sarah reads 1890s editions of Cosmopolitan, or the couple go for a cycle ride on their pennyfarthings.
They both see the pursuit as academic research - far more intense than any sociological study they have encountered on the subject. But it is also a lifestyle.

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I love the day to day trousers I wear but I wouldn't mind every once in a while swapping them for one of the elegant dresses one could find in the Victorian age.
For people that had money this was certainly an era where one was surrounded with great beauty . From  architecture to furniture, upholstery , stoves, linen , china, oil lamps , vases , gardens ...
everything was crafted with great taste and beauty.
I understand the love of this couple for these times.

Love from me
mudra

This boulevard construction is in Brighton UK. Looks like an elegant bus-stop, doesn't it? Lots of Victorian
style is still present in the beach architecture along the South East coast of the UK. I can imagine how visitors strolled the
boulevard in those elegant and beautiful clothes, the women with parasols to keep their skin white. Such finesse in the details!

It's lovely. There is something to be said for the beauty of the time.