Victorian dresses continue to captivate the imagination of fashion enthusiasts, history buffs, and event planners alik ...

At 18 years old, Victoria represented a new era for regal fashion and ... the corset was a Victorian style staple. Originally known as a stay, the bodices of the early 1800s were stiffened with ...

“We also begin to see elements in fashion that either highlight ... by the heavily boned corsets of the Victorian era. The lush facial hair of the late 1800s wouldn’t survive public health ...

but when it comes to 1800s fashion, ruffles were all the rage. Today, ruffles are still in many of the fashion staples we wear today i.e. shirts, dresses, etc., but in a more wearable way. Think less ...

But it was Queen Victoria who delivered jet to fashion’s highest heights in the mid-1800s. The monarch wore ... was wanting to wear jet in the Victorian era,” said British gemologist Sarah ...