Dress worn by Queen Victoria at her wedding to Prince Albert in 1840
Wedding dress of Queen Victoria
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on their return from the marriage service at St James's Palace, London, 10 February 1840. Engraved by S Reynolds after F Lock.
Designer
Mary Bettans (dress) William Dyce (lace)
Year
1840 (1840)
Material
Satin, Honiton lace
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha on 10 February 1840. She chose to wear a white wedding dress made from heavy silk satin, making her one of the first women to wear white for their wedding.[1][2] The Honiton lace used for her wedding dress proved an important boost to Devon lace-making.[3][4] Queen Victoria has been credited with starting the tradition of white weddings[5] and white bridal gowns,[6][7] although she was not the first royal to be married in white.[8]
^Otnes, Cele and Pleck, Elizabeth (2003). Cinderella Dreams: The Allure of the Lavish Wedding, p.31. University of California Press ISBN 978-0-520-24008-7
^Khalje, Susan (1 May 1997). Bridal couture: fine sewing techniques for wedding gowns and evening wear. Krause Publications Craft. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8019-8757-1. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
^Staniland, Kay (1997). In royal fashion : the clothes of Princess Charlotte of Wales & Queen Victoria, 1796-1901 (1. publ. in Great Britain ed.). London: Museum of London. p. 120. ISBN 0904818772.
^Billing, Joanna (2003). The hidden places of Devon (6. ed.). Aldermaston, Berks.: Travel Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 9781902007892.
^"Why Do Brides Wear White?". britannica.com. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
^Flock, Elizabeth (29 April 2011). "Queen Victoria was the first to get married in white". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
^Daniels, Maggie; Carrie Loveless (2012). Wedding Planning and Management. Routledge. pp. 88–89. ISBN 9781136349140.
^Panton, Kenneth J. (2011). Historical dictionary of the British monarchy. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. p. 371. ISBN 978-0810874978. When the couple married at Lund, in Sweden, on 26 October 1406, Philippa (sometimes known as Philippa of England) became the first daughter of an English sovereign to wear a white outfit at her wedding.
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