Victoria chose her 12 bridesmaids according to rank. There was some drama with her bridesmaids.
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There is no doubt about the sexual intensity involved.
Queen victoria in her wedding dress. The wedding breakfast was held at buckingham palace and the wedding cake weighed 300 pounds. Queen victoria in her wedding dress february 10th 1840. This romantic gesture demonstrated in her choice of clothing and the image of queen victoria as an adoring and innocent bride really captured the public s imagination and cemented the connotations for good.
The newlyweds went off to windsor castle for a three day honeymoon. Victoria had the myrtle from her bouquet planted and a sprig from the bush was later carried by the future queen elizabeth ii on her wedding day. In doing so victoria had established an array of traditions still observed in weddings royal and otherwise to this day from white wedding dresses to ostentatious cakes.
In many ways victoria s became the quintessential wedding dress. The honiton lace used for her wedding dress proved an important boost to devon lace making. The white wedding dress that started it all.
Victoria described her wedding day as the happiest day of my life and the wedding night that followed as most gratifying. She chose to wear a white wedding dress which was considered an unusual choice at a time when colours were more usual made from heavy silk satin. Fans of masterpiece s victoria are no doubt intimately acquainted with queen victoria s courtship and subsequent wedding to her cousin.
Wedding dress day dress and girl s dress by madame hamin. The trend in white wedding gowns gained real traction after the february 10 1840 marriage of queen victoria to her cousin albert of saxe coburg and gotha. Queen victoria just 18 when she ascended the throne was a young reigning monarch with a mind of her own.
Victoria s wedding was the first time in 286 years that a reigning queen of england got married. Her wedding dress set the standard on several fronts. Victoria also commissioned an artist to paint a portrait of her in her royal wedding dress as a seventh anniversary gift for.
Because camera techniques were still being developed photos of victoria in her white wedding dress were taken in 1854. Queen victoria in her wedding dress and veil from 1840. French fashion plate by laure noël paul lacouriere.
A combination of new technology industrialization media and admiration for the monarchy all contributed to queen victoria s white wedding dress becoming a lasting tradition. Queen victoria of the united kingdom married her cousin prince albert of saxe coburg and gotha on 10 february 1840. However it would be accurate to state that her wedding dress contributed to the color s massive gain in popularity for brides baird 142.
It meant a switch from wearing whatever your most fashionable or.
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