Wrapping up: The Victorians
Queen Victoria (1837-1901) is the first British monarch for whom we can clearly and consistently connect fashion with key events in her life.
Garments survive that can be associated with her ascension to the throne, her wedding, her children and, of course, the death of Prince Albert. It is fitting that many of these objects are now in the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection stores at Kensington Palace, where Queen Victoria was born and grew up.
This video, which shows examples of fashions from the 1830s, gives a glimpse of the styles that the young Victoria might have drawn on and been influenced by before she became queen.
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