Victorian Style in Modern Times

With the development of modern fashion design industry, many fashion styles have been widely adapted into its modern version, including victorian style. Victorian style fashion in its own historical period was very different from the style we saw today and the real fashion during victorian era does not have much to do with what we call as victorian style today.

When we trace back to the old days, clothing and behavior in victorian age were very stiff, for example women’s status was fairly low as feminism was not so well-received at that time.

Red and Black One-Shoulder Victorian Evening Dress

In modern times, we modern people have our own interpretation about that age as well as misunderstandings. However, a large number of designs have been borrowed from that time like women’s bonnets, corsets, and the ball gowns. Here is an adapted victorian evening dress. As we can see, the color is very bright, which is very rare in the old time and the clipping is also very modern style. The whole shape was still very victorian.

Silver Gothic Victorian Dress

Compared with the sparkling gold color, the silver seems to own another sense of being noble in that it is also sparkling and gorgeous but in a much more low-key way. If gold is compared as the sun which constantly gives out light and heat and silver was no doubt the comparison the moon which looks cold but equally attractive.

Silver Sleeveless Bow and Ruffle Gothic Victorian Dress

The following is several gothic victorian dress in silver color. It is not just an ordinary color but a color which was gifted with a sense of modernity in a way that a lot of industrial product has that glow of sparkle. Therefore, combined with the old-time design features and concept, these dresses are quite stands-out among other ordinary design. As an immensely important part of the design, color could be a key to the success of the whole design. Enjoy the following dresses!

The Gorgeous Victorian Hairstyles

Hairstyle is amazing because it can show the period of time. Especially for the ancient times, we can distinguish one period from another according the hairstyles which women wore in that time. Here I will focus on the hairstyles prevailed in the victorian era.

Victorian era is really magnificent in the history. We say so mainly because the women’s fashion at that time influenced the fashion in nowadays so much. Even in today’s fashionable world, there is still the victorian element remained. Besides the clothing aspect, the hairstyles in this period is also significant. It enriched the women’s hairstyles in a very large degree.

After having been researching on the off-trend hairstyles in the victorian style, I feel pleasantly surprised to find that many historical hairstyles are not only fetching, but completely practical! The Victorian era has some of the best. Let's have a look at the time period's predominant coiffures.
These styles are out of use in modern world. But there are some occasions you can try these hairstyles. There are some victorian themed parties or informal events among us. You can choose one that fits you best to match your victoiran dress. And such a look will definitely make you different from the others.