‘Oh! This was the happiest day of my life!’ wrote Queen Victoria in her journal, describing her wedding on 10th February 1840. Beyond her joy at marrying Prince Albert, the colour of Victoria’s wedding dress was a historic moment for bridal wear. ‘I wore a white satin gown, with a very deep flounce of Honiton lace,’ she wrote. Both the white silk-satin woven in Spitalfields, and the handworked Honiton lace, pointed to the
