Was Queen Victoria the first influencer? How the ‘media monarch’ shaped the modern world
From white wedding dresses to Christmas trees, Victoria’s personal choices became global trends—long before the age of social ...
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One of Britain’s Most Beloved Royal Couples Wed on This Day in 1840
Queen Victoria’s marriage to Prince Albert popularized white wedding dresses. Later, her mourning of his passing cemented the ...
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How Did Victorian Fashion Show Grief Through Clothes?
Read on to learn more about Victorian fashion rules regarding death and mourning. The Victorian period, which corresponded with the reign of the British Queen Victoria, lasted more than six decades.
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5 Victorian Fashion Trends: From Flammable Skirts to Poisonous Fabrics
Mourning Fashion: The Notorious Victorian Fashion ... of the Victorians’ love for dark colors and lace. In 1861, Queen Victoria lost her mother, also called Victoria. The mother and daughter ...
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Dress of Queen Victoria, Fashion Museum
This black mourning dress of Queen Victoria from the Fashion Museum takes us back to a period in Bath's life that saw the founding of the Victoria Art Gallery in 1897. Royal Victoria Park had ...