Queen Victoria was on the throne during the height of the British Empire - but her earliest days were spent in lonely ...

According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, black mourning dresses became prevalent during the reign of Queen Victoria from 1819 to 1901 and set a precedent for the ongoing custom of wearing ...

When her husband died in 1861 she was so stricken with grief that she wore mourning for the rest of her life and ... Her Diamond Jubilee was held at St Paul's cathedral. Queen Victoria was crowned on ...

Widows in the West were expected to dress entirely in black, even including their umbrellas. This tradition carried on in rural areas until the late twentieth century, with many widows faithfully ...

A pièce de resistance of the exhibition is the late Princess Diana's green velvet Catherine Walker tuxedo dress, worn for private events and her famous photoshoot with Maria Testino in 1997.

Queen Victoria wore mourning clothes from the time of her husband, Prince Albert's, death in 1861 until her own Queen Alexandra, who wore this dress, was a Danish princess who married Edward VII ...

Women tried to replicate Victoria's fashions while some men copied Albert's hairstyle and moustache. Prince Albert died at the age of 42. The Queen was inconsolable with grief and wore mourning ...

Rare and important pieces of clothing, including those worn by Queen Victoria and Princess Diana, are now on display at Kensington Palace, in an exhibition that highlights the influence of fashion in ...