It is said that before Queen Victoria, British brides did not wear white wedding dresses at their weddings, but chose black, brown, gray and other colors.
The reasons are naturally multifaceted. It’s not that everyone doesn’t like it, but that white is impractical, so no one dares to choose it. At that time, let alone wedding dresses, other clothes were rarely in white.
You must know that washing clothes was a very difficult thing at that time. If white clothes are stained, they are difficult to clean. Even nobles cannot afford to wear a piece of clothing only once. After all, the production of wedding dresses is very complicated.
The cost of a wedding dress is very high, and nobles cannot afford this luxury.
In 1840, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert held their wedding. Queen Victoria chose a white silk dress embellished with exquisite lace. White wedding dresses became popular all over the world.
This can also be regarded as celebrity effect.
When Henry and Lacey got married, Lacey's wedding dress was custom-made in the UK. This was in line with the tradition of the British aristocracy. The tailoring skills in the UK were indeed very good. The wedding dress was beautifully made. Lacey became the wedding dress
The most beautiful woman in the world, this couple also became a popular story.
But Lacey's wedding dress caused Lacey to suffer a lot.
The style of women's clothing in the Victorian era was complicated and gorgeous, and their requirements for "beauty" reached a pathological level.
During this period, the corsets became thinner and thinner, while the skirts became larger and larger. In order to make the skirts look better, crinolines were used in the skirts. There were as many as five or six layers of petticoats. Such a pattern
A wedding dress weighs dozens of kilograms, so putting on a wedding dress is actually a laborious task.
What is even more speechless is that the aesthetics of this period believed that being pale and weak was very attractive, so most women used corsets to make themselves look thinner and curvier. This corset is not a corset.
not on the chest, but on the abdomen, which will highlight the waist and make certain parts of the body look larger. In order to pursue visual effects, corsets are getting tighter and tighter. Breathing difficulties are inevitable, and some people are even restrained.
The corset constricts the internal organs.
So on the streets of London at that time, it was very common for women in dresses to suddenly faint on the side of the road.
What's more, wedding dresses in this era are not conservative at all. The wedding dress is not a V-neck or a one-line neckline, but a deep V-line neckline. This really saves fabric and can also be a feast for the eyes of the men attending the wedding.
, but Roark will not let Phyllis appear at the wedding dressed like this.
According to Philip's wishes, he also wants Phyllis to order a wedding dress from the UK so that Phyllis can appear at the wedding in her most beautiful state.
Phyllis thinks so too. In Phyllis' view, only British tailors can produce top-notch exquisite wedding dresses.
But this "top-notch exquisiteness" depends on who it is for. For women of this era, everything in the UK is the best in the world, but Rock really doesn't like the wedding dresses of this era. After seeing Lacey
After wearing a wedding dress, Rock knew that wearing a wedding dress was very painful, so Rock would not let Phyllis suffer this pain.
So the job of custom-making wedding dresses was taken over by Roque.
Rock definitely doesn't have time to go to the UK, but Johannesburg also has a lot of talents. Among the Chinese immigrants to Johannesburg, there are many women who are proficient in this technical job.
The so-called "gorgeous" in this era is to use a combination of gold thread, silver thread, crystal, and pearls to embroider various patterns on the wedding dress. The more complex the pattern, the better. It is best to layer one layer after another, so that the wedding dress itself cannot be seen at all.
Texture.
When it comes to embroidery workers, I guess the best embroidery workers in the world are the Chinese. If a girl or a daughter-in-law from Johannesburg doesn’t have good needlework, it’s simply a sign of being unvirtuous. That’s why Rock doesn’t have to go to the UK.
In Johannesburg, although most women's needlework is just passable, if you look carefully, there are quite a few outstanding embroidery workers.
What's more, there is a group of craftsmen in Locke's gold mine. Isabella Cotton is not only an excellent designer, but also an excellent tailor. Therefore, it is natural for Locke to make the wedding dress for Phyllis.
Leave it to "Itno".
Don’t forget, this era also has a strong “celebrity effect”.
Queen Victoria wore a white wedding dress at her wedding, and white wedding dresses became popular all over the world.
In the Transvaal, a wealthy lady like Phyllis has the same status as Queen Victoria in the world.
So Roque will definitely not let go of such an opportunity. Although it seems a bit inappropriate to link weddings with business, as long as Felice's wedding dress can create a sensational effect, then "Iteno" will definitely be popular.
Sought after.
The style of the wedding dress was determined by Roque himself. Since the wedding dresses of this era are all deep V-necks, Roque has less worries about the design. However, Roque will definitely not use a deep V-neck.
A V is enough, and it doesn’t need to be that deep. Lace is also used on the neckline, so that nothing is actually exposed, and the visual effect is pretty good.
As for the corsets and bustles that were commonly used in this era, Rock simply abandoned them. No matter how crowded Phyllis was now, she couldn't squeeze out those women who had given birth to three or five children, so the wedding dress only needed to be elegant and romantic.
, to play with luxury and magnificence, Roque made a fuss about the garland and the tail of the wedding dress.
At Henry's Lacey's wedding, the tail of Lacey's wedding dress was 10 feet long, which is about three meters in metric terms. The luxury and beauty of the wedding dress are concentrated in this three-meter space.
The train of Phyllis's wedding dress is almost 15 feet, and the train also needs to be embroidered. However, Roque does not use crystals and pearls. Kimberley is rich in diamonds. Xiaosi knew that Roque was going to make Phyllis's wedding dress, so he contracted it in one go.
All the diamonds used in wedding dresses.
How could Rock miss such an opportunity to kill Stoudemire? Therefore, no less than 5,000 diamonds were used in Felice’s wedding dress. Fortunately, these diamonds were not big, otherwise Stoudemire would have been distressed to death.
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In addition to the wedding dress, the bride also wears a headdress at the wedding. Crowns in this era have not been used too much, and crowns are not available to ordinary people. Under normal circumstances, the bride wears a garland at the wedding.
What Phyllis wears is also a "garland", but it is different from ordinary flowers. The flowers Phyllis wears are carved with various gemstones. In terms of value, they are much higher than ordinary crowns.<
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In addition to the garland, the bride also needs to wear a veil at the wedding. The veil doesn't matter. It's very light anyway. It doesn't matter how long it is, but it can't be too long. For the overall effect of the wedding dress, Roque chose a one-meter-long veil.
Yarn.
The veil is also made with attention to detail. It took six of the best embroiderers a full month to embroider the small one-meter veil. The edges of the veil are all made of dense petals. Roque did not use roses, which represent Britain.
, but used jasmine petals with more oriental characteristics.
When mentioning Jasmine, many people will immediately think of "Jasmine" in the opera "Turandot". In fact, "Turandot" has not been written yet. As early as 1804, John, the secretary of the first British ambassador to China,
Bello published a book "Travels in China", which recorded the simplified score of "Jasmine", so at least 100 years before "Turandot" was born, "Jasmine" had already spread around the world.
I have to say that such a wedding dress is absolutely outstanding in this era. Let’s not talk about how good the materials used in the wedding dress are. The design concept is more than one level ahead of this era. Not to mention that after Felice saw the finished product
Treating them as treasures, Karina (Owen's wife) and Lacey felt all kinds of regrets after seeing the wedding dress. Their wedding dress seemed good at the time, but it was incomparable to Phyllis's wedding dress.
Not to mention Carina and Lacey, even if Queen Alexandra (wife of Edward V) saw them, she would probably be filled with envy, jealousy and hatred.
In addition to the wedding dress, Rock is also responsible for choosing the church for the wedding.
As a British baron, Rock's wedding must be Western-style, and the choice of church is very important.
The state religion of the United Kingdom is Protestantism, which originally did not seem to be controversial. There is also a Protestant church in Ziwei Town, so Rock can just hold his wedding in the Protestant church.
Father Frank doesn't think so.
"Lord, although I don't mean to offend, I have to say that in this situation in Ziwei Town, it is more appropriate to hold the wedding in a Catholic church." Frank found Rock early, hoping to personally host Rock and his wedding in his own church.
Phyllis' wedding.
"Why?" Rock really didn't know where Frank got his confidence.
"Because of the situation in Ziwei Town, Lord, you have to know that Ziwei Town is a town inhabited by multiple ethnic groups. There are not only Chinese people here, but also Boers, Germans, French people, and even pure British people. The number is the smallest.
, so why choose Protestantism? No one usually goes to Protestant churches." Frank encouraged Rock to change his mind.
"Frank, I am a British baron. If I don't hold my wedding in a Protestant church, how will you let others think?" Rock doesn't want to cause trouble. There is no need to create complications on the big day.
Regardless of others, Ade and Phillip will definitely attend Roque's wedding. If Ade and Phillip find out that Roque will not hold the wedding in a Protestant church, then Ade and Phillip will definitely have objections to Roque. p>
Relatively speaking, the opinions of the residents of Ziwei Town really don’t matter.
However, there are really few British residents in Ziwei Town. According to statistics from the Ziwei Town government last month, there are already 6,500 permanent residents in Ziwei Town, and there are less than 100 pure British residents. This situation really makes Rock helpless.<
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It's not that Roque doesn't allow British-Americans to come to Ziwei Town. On the contrary, Roque welcomes them very much. However, the problem of the small number of British-Americans is not just in Ziwei Town, but also throughout southern Africa.
"Sir, the Transvaal will be autonomous sooner or later -" Frank said in surprise.
Roque really didn't expect that many officials in the Transvaal were not as far-sighted as a German priest.