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Queen Victoria witnessed many technological marvels during her sixty-four year rule of Great Britain. New inventions included the sewing machine, anaesthetic, and the light bulb. She also oversaw a vast territorial expansion with colonies that came to stretch around the globe, causing people to declare “the sun never set” on the British Empire. On the death of her husband Prince Albert in 1861, she chose to wear widow’s mourning clothes for the rest of her life. This formal gown was designed for Queen Victoria in 1897, the year of her Diamond Jubilee, celebrating sixty momentous years on the throne. It is made of somber black materials: faille and crêpe. Only a long train and scattered embellishments of silk lace and metal spangles are a concession to required royal grandeur.
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(Source: redath, via corsetproblems)
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(Source: emlolita, via semblanceofbeauty)
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→ By the grace of God, I command you to be healed.
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(Source: reine-de-neige, via sewvictorian)
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unholy spirit
(Source: renaissancemadonna, via magical-maiden-of-avalon)
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I am especially tempted by the pink…and…tan…and…black…and, burgundy for my classic lolita coords…ok that’s all of them x_x
(via keitoharajuku)
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Bridal outfit, jacket and skirt of cotton and satin lined with cotton, apron of silk and cotton trimmed with machine lace and machine embroidered in silk, c. 1903, Eismannsberg near Nuernberg, Germany.
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(via sewvictorian)
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Stitcher Baby: 18th Century Costumes
(Source: stitcherbaby.blogspot.com )
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(Source: dball2020)
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Astrid Bergès-Frisbey photographed by Ellen von Unwerth for Vogue Italia, March 2012
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