There was elaborate etiquette around mourning from the Regency-Edwardian period. Widows were required to wear mourning clothing for 2 years although after a certain amount of time other colors were acceptable.
1 posted on
10/21/2014 10:46:02 AM PDT by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Well the tradition did offer women a brief respite from having to worry about what to wear that day.
To: C19fan
What did they wear in the evening?
3 posted on
10/21/2014 10:49:47 AM PDT by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: C19fan
You don’t need to go to the Met. You just need to watch Downton Abbey!
To: C19fan
We still wear black at funerals.
It’s considered disrespectful to wear bright colors and splashy prints to a funeral.
8 posted on
10/21/2014 11:13:25 AM PDT by
SMARTY
("When you blame others, you give up your power to change." Robert Anthony)
To: C19fan
Anna Wintour Costume Institute So THAT'S where she gets those bizarre outfits!
Presumably they cut her hair into that ridiculous dyed bob.
10 posted on
10/21/2014 11:18:01 AM PDT by
relictele
(Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
To: C19fan
Oh...I thought this was about what the Dems plan to wear after they lose the elections!
11 posted on
10/21/2014 11:19:49 AM PDT by
gr8eman
(Bill Carson...meet Arch Stanton!)
To: C19fan
Where does “The Man in Black” fit in to all this?
13 posted on
10/21/2014 11:55:18 AM PDT by
WayneS
(Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos.)
To: C19fan
29 posted on
12/18/2014 6:32:58 PM PST by
Chickensoup
(Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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