She described the aesthetic as a blend of Victorian elegance and contemporary boldness The highlight of her ensemble was an opulent, corset-style bodice adorned with intricate embellishments.

A new exhibition at the Watts Gallery in Surrey will bring together the work of some of the Victorian Age’s greatest artists to explore the Aesthetic Dress Movement – a pioneering group who ...

Not a “Lolita” in the Nabokovian sense, the woman was an adult dressed in Lolita fashion, a style of dress popularized in Japan in the mid-1990s and informed by the Victorian era and ornate ...