Victorian Fashion Stereotypes: How Mourning Attire Symbolized a Whole Era The Victorian period, which corresponded with the reign of the British Queen Victoria , lasted more than six decades.

Rosamund Pike brought a fresh take on Victorian-inspired style to the Dior cruise 2025 presentation in Rome on Wednesday. The ...

THE DRESS DIARY: Secrets From a Victorian Woman’s Wardrobe, by Kate Strasdin The way we dress is a fundamental expression of identity: Garments function as indicators of aesthetic tastes ...

The coded language of floriography meant that Victorians could express affection, desire or disdain, allowing a society governed by strict etiquette to show its true feelings. Now the language of ...

The Victorian dress in the Maine antique mall was unlike anything Sara Rivers Cofield had seen before. Its fitted bodice, puffy bustle and lace cuffs reflected a bygone era. As a vintage costume ...

Jet, a flat-black, opaque gemstone derived from wood that has experienced extreme compression over millions of years, was the haute stone throughout the Victorian era, a time when fashion and ...

Courtesy of Palace Costume “It started 60 years ago,” says owner Melody Barnett, as she shuffles through room after room filled with fashion history. “I found a box of Victorian clothes at a ...

It’s her version of a very, very low tech iPhone. Dressed in homemade Victorian clothes, the writer of historical fiction and of non-fiction serves her husband home-cooked meals from traditional ...

near Buckingham Palace — said “the pendulum swing of fashion” and the current vogue for “being individual and unique” were factors contributing to a revival in Victorian style ...