Widow dress

Come over to the dark side.

Royal Widows and their Weeds The Gaulois gives some interesting particulars as to the mourning worn by widows of royal and imperial rank in Europe at the present time. A modification of the English…

Victorian mourning dress

Widow with Urn. My pen and ink drawing.

I was being given away to alpha's of another pack i look up to see who i was being given to. As soon as i look up at them ,they growl and grab me 'MATES' my wolf yells at me 'Oh.... WAIT DID YOU JUST SAY MATES'

Julia Roberts in “Mary Reilly”

This blog is primarily dedicated to the elegant and lovely fashions of the Edwardian Era, with a heavy bias on the designs of 1900 to 1905.

Mourning

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Last month, Michael and I had the opportunity to visit a fascinating vintage clothing exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Entitled, “Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire”, it featured an historical progression of mourning attire spanning the years 1840 to 1916. Worn mainly by new widows, other family members, children, sisters, grandmothers, and even men might also dress in black. These finely constructed, exquisite and expensive garments reflected the…

70's evening gown with a spider web sleeve.

The first six months after the death of a husband was known as “heavy mourning.” The widow was required by society to wear only dresses made entirely of a dull crepe cloth or Henrietta cloth covered entirely with black crepe and secured with mourning pins. The dye used to make the crepe black was especially caustic smelling and easily rubbed off on the skin. Etiquette required the face to be covered completely by the veil when in public.