Victorian Gothic

"The Gothic Revival had developed from the 18th century, and was boosted in the 19th by the chivalric writings of Sir Walter Scott, Alfred Lord Tennyson and Thomas Love Peacock. In a period of industrialization there was a new generation of nouveaux riches, self-made industrialists, boastful of their success, who in the architecture of their houses advertised their achievements in tangible form. Many favored the mock Gothic style as a romantic fantasy that implied ancient lineage." (http://www.buffaloah.com/a/archsty/gothic/#Br) This Gothic Revival inspired fashion very distinctly with elaborately designed bustled gowns, corsets, top hats, walking sticks etc. and the use of ornate embroidery.

These images were adopted from: http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/arch/19thc/albert02.jpg and http://www.artofadornment.ca/webring.htm.