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As a blog post at JSTOR points out, white wedding dresses came into Western European tradition with Queen Victoria and the rise of photography: The ubiquity of this style is relatively recent, becoming de rigeur only by the middle of the nineteenth century, when Queen Victoria married Prince Albert in 1840

The semi-sheer waist adds an alluring touch, while the flowing maxi length creates a stunning, elegant silhouette

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She has published two books, The House of Worth, 1916 * 1918 and The Care and Display of Historic Clothing, and worked with a number of fashion collections throughout Connecticut and Indiana

So, I promptly brought it to the fitting room