DRESSES TO DIE FOR The Victorian Mourning Craze with Amber Butchart At the Dissenters Chapel on Sunday 22nd October 2017 from 3:00 pm When Prince Albert died of typhoid 1861 his wife Queen Victoria was plunged into a deep depression, retired from public appearances and for the remaining 40 years of her life wore only mourning, thus creating the stern images of her that we know today. The result was to make mourning culture - already codified in etiquette and dress - deeply fashionable among nineteenth century ladies. Amber Butchart's talk will cover funereal fashion at its finest and most regal, focusing on the Victorian cult of mourning, including 'Maisons de Deuil' (mourning warehouses), mourning etiquette and jewellery, and how the colour black has been in fashion ever since. Travel advice to the Dissenters' Chapel - During the day guests can walk through the cemetery to get to the chapel but at night the main cemetery gates on the Harrow Road will be closed and the only accessible entrance is on Ladbroke Grove. Previously the address for this entrance was 364 Ladbroke Grove but this number has now been updated to 391.
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