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The
Most Fabulous Wedding Dresses Ever Created!
Where would you find the
most fabulous wedding dress ever created…. where else but in a museum?
See online images of bridal gowns.
To Gather Orange Blossoms
Through the centuries, brides have always worn some form of
headdress. Of all bridal customs and traditions, wearing a circlet, wreath
or coronet of flowers or greenery on the head is the one that seems to
best represent the bridal legend, and be the most consistent.
Miss Vanderbilt's Trousseau
The
inside fashion scoop at a Society wedding in the 1870s. Miss
Vanderbilt's wedding dress "was the handsomest seen in New York since that of
Nellie Grant."
Interactive
Civil War
Era Gown
A
Victorian ivory
satin wedding dress from the early 1860s. Move mouse over image to learn about
what is worn underneath.
The
Proper Attire for the Victorian Groom
A Victorian
etiquette book tells the groom how to dress.
Victorian Wedding
Fashion Prints
View
this collection of hand-colored fashion prints of beautiful Victorian
brides. Imagine how many Victorian girls dreamed of and planned their
weddings while viewing these beautifully hand colored magazine prints.
Victorian Bridal Gowns
(C.1867-1884)
Victorian
wedding dresses taken directly from the 19th Century
magazine, Harper's Bazaar.
Victorian
Corsets Online
Want to see a
Victorian lady's unmentionables? Red, blue, yellow and
black... see Victorian corsets on display at world renowned museums.
Dressing the Victorian Lady
What
was worn beneath those lovely wedding dresses? See a step by step description of
dressing the Victorian lady.
Victorian
Hair Styles - 1867
Fashionable hair
styles from Godey's Lady's Book in 1867,
perfect for under a Victorian wedding veil.
Amazon
Drygoods
Catalogs for everything for true Victorian living for you- all in four
fascinating catalogs!
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Smile!
Victorian Wedding Photography
Early
wedding photography... see wedding
photographs of early 20th century brides and grooms from The Library of
Congress
The Rules of Engagement
It is the
privilege of the bride to name the wedding day . . . after the wedding
invitations are issued she does not appear in public.
 Ladies Book of Etiquette, Fashion and Manual of
Politeness
Book of
Victorian/Civil War Era etiquette first printed in 1860 and remained
popular in reprint for several decades.
The
Victorian Wedding Ceremony
When
the ceremony is over, the question sometimes arises whether the bride is
to be kissed by the bridegroom.... the practice is decidedly to be
avoided; it is never followed by people in the best society.
The
Victorian Wedding Breakfast
Wedding reception in the Victorian era was called a "Wedding Breakfast".
"The
wedding, or formal official breakfast... is little else than the
fashionable ball supper, lighted up by day instead of gas light."
 Victorian
Wedding Guest Etiquette What
to wear and what to bring to a Victorian wedding... a Victorian etiquette
book tells what is required of the ideal wedding guest.
The
Wedding Cake
Victorian
illustration and poem.
Victorian
Rings Diamonds
and snakes... symbols of love?
LOVE & MARRIAGE
The Valentine - A Tribute to Love
Nancy Rosin
explores the history of the Valentine.
A Victorian
"Brush-Off"
The
rules and suggestions for courtship and romance occupy most of the space
in Victorian etiquette and letter writing books... there is generally
one curt letter of refusal to a marriage proposal.
Collecting Victorian Expressions of Love
Nancy Rosin tells of her collection of Victorian love ephemera.
A Whisper to a Newly Married Pair,
1860
Advice
to the Victorian husband- "You give your wife a certain sum of
money …
I really cannot see
the necessity of obliging her to account to you for the exact manner in
which she has laid it out."
Love and Romance
A limited edition 2007 love card, embellished with pure silver glitter,
and adorned with an antique image, circa 1850.
Inspirational
Poem
Xango
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