Queen Victoria famously wore black for forty years following the death of her husband, Prince Albert, in 1861. While many of the Queen’s dresses from this period survive, we are lucky that so many of her earlier garments have also been preserved, giving us an insight into Victoria’s fashion tastes from her earlier, more colourful life!
Queen Victoria’s Ostrich Feather Cape
Queen Victoria’s purple and silver dresses
Queen Victoria’s shamrock parasol and bonnet
Influencing childrenswear: How Queen Victoria popularised the sailor’s suit
‘Threads of Victoria’: Celebrating Queen Victoria’s 1843 visit to Tamworth
Queen Alexandra’s wedding dress
King Edward VII’s childhood tunic
Queen Victoria’s wedding dress
Queen Victoria’s military uniform
Queen Victoria’s mourning dress, 1898
Queen Victoria’s mourning Dress, 1892
‘The Blonde Dress’: Queen Victoria’s earliest surviving dress
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