PITTSFIELD — In the 1800s, public mourning rather than private grieving was a way of life. Victorian social etiquette laid down strict social rules for mourning, from the clothing worn to the length ...

It’s a braided black Victorian mourning dress made from artificial hair extensions used by black women. ... I first wrote about Jones’ work for the Culture Crawl in 2010.

A mother makes a button from the hair of her dead infant. She sews it onto the mourning dress she will wear for the next six months. She poses for the camera, with her baby, holding him so that ...

What widows wore: Victorian fashions for mourning 05:24. When it comes to the color of mourning for the dead, Black remains the OLD Black . . . and never more so then at this time of year.

From 1815 to 1915, mourning costumes were as essential and splendorous as wedding dresses. The Victorian mourning dresses represented the birth of the mourning industry, an intersection between ...

Overland Trail Museum’s History Café took a dark turn this month, just in time for Halloween, with a focus on “Victorian Mourning and Spiritualism.” The Victorian era, which stretched from ...

Not content with working on Pite's grave, Jeane also unveiled a memorial plaque on the 75th anniversary of the architect's death while wearing a Victorian mourning dress. It wasn't the first time ...

DeWitt County Museum Director Joey Long shows a genuine Victorian-era mourning dress Sunday for special tours to be ... arrived to the Clinton area in 1841 as DeWitt County’s first ...

In time for Halloween, Heritage Square Museum in Los Angeles will present its 13th annual Mourning Tours, an interactive opportunity that explores how people during the Victorian era dealt with dea… ...

Fashion and funerals have been intertwined for centuries. In today's society, mourning a death in the family usually calls for the most formal black outfit in the wardrobe, whereas 156 years ago ...

Fashion and funerals have been intertwined for centuries. In today's society, mourning a death in the family usually calls for the most formal black outfit in the wardrobe, whereas 156 years ago ...