Victorian Style

Rediscover the sublime pleasures of an opulent era. Lavish, ornate, and elegant, Victorian style that was driven by the adage  “nothing should ever be done halfway.”  When we think of Victorian Decorating, we think of ornate décor, rich cranberry colors, pinks, peaches and golds, lace and silverplated coffee sets.  Tie that in with a little country charm, old country baskets and floral cloths, and you have a beautiful combination of luxury and simplicity.  The Victorian era fostered several style reforms:  the midcentury Gothic and rococo revivals, the aesthetic movement of the 1880s, and Art Nouveau.  Achieve your Victorian look, whether decorating in an overall high style or just adding period touches to a modern decor. Vintage decorating style combine the traditional elegance of colonial, antique and Victorian decor styles -  or -  the retro style of the 1950’s and funky bohemian chic of the 1960s. Len...

In the Victorian period, the dresses of women show the Renaissance of the complex type, preferring layers of splicing, while wearing several petals to emphasize the small waist, popular pagoda sleeves. After 1960s, it turned to a long pyramid. Here are some black Victorian dresses, I think it is very amazing!

Victorian style refers to the period from 1837 to 1901, the British Queen Victoria during the reign of clothing style, the era of  women's clothing is characterized by a large number of use of lace, spun yarn, lotus leaf, ribbon, bow, multi-level cake cut, pleated and other elements, as well as collar, high waist, princess sleeve, sleep leg sleeves and other court style. With the prevalence of retro, this gorgeous and subtle soft style, is giving us a fresh feeling.

Since the British Queen Victoria began to reign in 1837, British was blowing a fresh breath. She ruled for decades known as the Victorian era,until the death of 1901, lasted a total of 64 years. During this period, regardless of the political, fashion and furniture,etc. have a great influence. Especially the Queen wearing jewelry and fashion clothing, as well as the royal family members to use the jewelry, but also affected the fashion trend of the whole world. Diamonds, amethyst, pink and gold mosaic, turquoise, chalcedony, coral, garnet, ruby, small pearls and embossed shells become widely used in early Victorian jewelry. The relief of the shell is used for many fashion elements, including shells, volcanic rocks, corals, small crystals and various levels of quartz. However, the Cameo Jewelry as early as the ancient Rome, the ancient Greek period appeared, but because agate is very rare, Cameo Jewelry has not been popular. Until the Renaissance, embosse...