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London's Fashion Alphabet | M - Mourning wear

In this week's instalment of London's Fashion Alphabet, we're delving into mourning wear and the tradition of wearing black during more melancholy moments. As you'll discover, this was something which Victorians reallllly picked up and ran with. And who better to use an example of this that the queen of the literally little black dress, Queen Victoria. Watch more as textile conservator Emily Austin talks through a couple of the queen's key mourning pieces and the conservation work that has gone into to having them here at the Museum of London. Read more about the making of Queen Victoria's special dress mount here: http://bit.ly/350Ymo6 Follow #LondonsFashionAlphabet on Instagram and explore other London stories via our social channels (we're funny and nice, promise!):   / museumoflondon     / museumoflondon     / museumoflondon