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19th Century Doctor Civil War Bloomer Twill Pants
$69.00
Blossom Summer Victorian Dress
$120.00
Civil War Era Jacket
$139.00
Amy Lee Lace Cape Dress
$143.00
Katharine Victorian Style Dress
$145.00
Briar Rose  Bustle Style Cotton Dress
$147.00
Harper Victorian Pioneer Dress
$149.00
Miss Kate Dress
$149.00
Margeaux Victorian Style Prairie Dress
$149.00
Summer Prairie Dress
$149.00
Mattie Victorian Style Dress
$149.00
Mona Print Prairie Cottage Core Pioneer Vintage Style Cotton Dress
$149.00
Marnie Print Prairie Cottage Core Pioneer Vintage Style Cotton Dress
$151.00
Eliza Victorian Dress
$153.00
Dahlia Print Prairie Cottage Core Pioneer Vintage Style Cotton Dress
$154.00
Trish Print Prairie Cottage Core Pioneer Vintage Style Cotton Dress
$155.00
Suki Print Prairie Cottage Core Pioneer Vintage Style Cotton Dress
$155.00
Sandra Print Prairie Cottage Core Pioneer Vintage Style Cotton Dress
$155.00
Jayne Print Prairie Cottage Core Pioneer Vintage Style Cotton Dress
$158.00
Georgie Victorian Dress
$159.00
Jenna Victorian Dress
$159.00
Victorian Styled Work Dress
$159.00
Charity Victorian Dress
$159.00
Camille Victorian Style Dress
$159.00
Kezia Cotton Prairie Dress
$159.00
Althea Victorian Style Bustle Dress
$159.00
Lisbeth Print Prairie Cottage Core Pioneer Vintage Style Cotton Dress
$159.00
Natasha Print Cotton Prairie Dress
$162.00
Fran's Frontier Pioneer Dress
$163.00
Bianca Cotton Print Victorian Style Dress
$163.00
Mary Chestnut's Americana Victorian Cotton Dress
$164.00
Retta Victorian Dress
$164.00
Darla's Victorian Day Dress
$166.00
Carrie Victorian Dress
$169.00
Aileen Victorian Dress
$169.00
Blossom Dress and Cape Ensemble
$169.00
Tryphena Victorian Styled Cotton Print Dress
$169.00
Villa Victorian Dress
$169.00
Abigail Victorian Gown
$169.95
Dickens Victorian Dress
$171.00
Trinity Civil War Dress
$171.00
Victorian Prairie Dress
$171.00
Roxa Classic Print Victorian Dress
$172.00
Christmas Victorian Print Dress
$173.00
Beryl Print Prairie Cottage Core Pioneer Vintage Style Cotton Dress
$175.00
Elsa Print Prairie Cottage Core Pioneer 1883 Vintage Style Cotton Dress
$175.00
Tara Civil War Styled Gown
$178.00
Green Gables Blouse and Skirt
$178.00
Cintha Victorian Gown
$179.00
Civil War Victorian Style Dress
$179.00
Civil War Victorian Style Dress
$179.95
Serenity Victorian Dress
$181.00
Josephine Victorian Style Dress
$181.00
Holly Dickens Caroling Cape and Skirt
$182.00
Miriannah Civil War Style Cotton Dress
$183.00
Rebecca Victorian Print Set
$187.00
Princess Prairie Cottage Core Pioneer 1883 Cotton Dress
$188.00
Penelope Victorian Style Dress
$189.00
Jobeth Classic Victorian Gown
$189.00
Mazie Victorian Dress
$189.00
Hazel Print Prairie Cottage Core Pioneer Vintage Style Cotton Dress
$189.00
Pioneer Prairie Cottage Core Vintage Style Cotton Dress
$189.00
Candace Victorian Dress
$189.95
Irenna Victorian Ensemble
$192.00
Rosie Victorian Print Set
$196.00
Adella Victorian Style Dress
$199.00
Dickens Victorian Corduroy Dress
$199.00
Romantic Era Early Victorian Dress
$199.00
Miss Sue's Summer Civil War Dress
$205.00
Gwyneth Victorian Lace trimmed Gown with Puffed sleeves
$206.00
Lilly Edwardian Blouse and Skirt
$207.00
Miss Julia's Hoop Skirt Dress
$207.00
Victorian Pioneer Ensemble
$209.00
Naomi Print Prairie Cottage Core Pioneer 1883  Cotton Dress
$209.00
Anouk Victorian Ensemble
$212.00
Belinda Victorian Ensemble
$215.00
Anastasia Victorian Fancy Dress
$219.00
Larksong Victorian Civil War Style Gown with velvet trim
$219.00
Victorian Corduroy Suit
$219.95
Helena Civil War Styled Gown
$225.00
Tirra Festive Victorian Suit
$229.00
Old West Victorian Suit
$229.00
Corrinna Victorian Old West Ensemble
$229.00
Trinity Dress and Cape
$230.00
Gisele Victorian Dress
$236.00
Mary Carolin' Red Victorian Suit
$238.00
Gwyneira Victorian Ensemble
$239.00
Perdita Edwardian Gown
$239.00
Maybelle Victorian Ensemble
$241.00
Civil War Era Dress
$248.00
Sarah Emma Bolero Ensemble
$248.00
Queen Victoria Gown
$249.00
Charlotte Victorian Velvet Dress
$249.00
Nicolette Classic Victorian Gown
$259.00
Romantic Era Cotton Dress  and Cape
$261.00
Carlotta Victorian Ensemble
$289.95

The reign of Queen Victoria spanned 64 years. During that time frame, much like a Hollywood celebrity of today, she set the style standards. Whatever the Queen wore, everyone else wore. Throughout this period, many styles were in and out of fashion. Just as a pendulum swings, styles went from one extreme to the next. This was especially evident in Victorian era dresses.

In the beginning of Victoria's reign, dresses were characterized by their restrictive elements. A limited range of movement was available to the wearer, as tight sleeves and low boned bodices. Sleeve and skirt size gradually began to increase. In the mid-1850s, when the crinoline was reinvented, skirt sizes reached massive proportions. Hoop skirts proved to be a hindrance and were considered unpopular by the end of the 1860s.

In the late 1860s, the first bustle skirt was introduced. Skirts were narrow in the front. The excess fabric of the hoop skirt era was piled up atop the bottom. Sleeves became slightly narrower at the time, though not as tight as previously. As the era progressed, skirts and sleeves became increasingly narrower to fit to the natural form of the wearer. The bustle packed one last punch in the 1880s, leaving forever at the end of Victoria's reign.

Mourning dresses were a large part of Queen Victoria's reign. After her beloved husband Prince Albert died in 1861, Victoria wore black mourning dresses for the rest of her life. She set the standard for other women in mourning. It was the duty of a woman to represent the loss through her dress and customary for a widow to mourn for 2 years. Mourning dress didn't just involve the dress, but all aspects of the ensemble. A mourning veil would be worn to cover the face, while black jet jewelry decorated the neck, wrists and ears.

Here at Recollections, we have Victorian dresses for every trend of the era. We have mourning bustle dresses, calico hoop skirt dresses and natural form dresses. All of our dresses are available in sizes XS to XXXXL and made in the USA. Our associates are available to answer any questions you have about fit or historical accuracy. We can't wait to make your first (or next) Victorian dress!