In 1840 Queen Victoria changed wedding fashion when she married Prince Albert. Instead of a lavish gown of silver or gold, she wore a cream-colored silk satin dress decorated with intricate handmade Honiton lace. Crafted from English Spitalfields silk to support local industries, her dress embodied understated elegance. Contemporary accounts noted her pure white attire as befitting a bride, and soon illustrations of the dress spread across Western newspapers. The white wedding dress became a las
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Did you know that it was Queen Victoria who started the trend of wearing a white wedding dress? Until then, most brides had simply worn their finest dress of any colour (although among the wealthiest brides, this was often silver, white or cream). Adopting a lace-trimmed, white satin gown, Victoria established a fashion that gradually became tradition across all classes. 🖋️ Based on an article by Emily Brand 📸 Woman in her wedding dress, 1939, Getty | HistoryExtra
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