Category: 1840-1849
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1840 – Queen Victoria’s Wedding Dress
When Queen Victoria wore this white dress of Spitalfields silk and Honiton lace to her wedding in 1840, she broke from royal custom and encouraged a lasting tradition for Western bridal fashion.
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