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The practice of white wedding dresses likely dates back more than 2 000 years, with roots in the Roman Republic when brides wearing a white tunic was fashionable. After Queen Victoria wore white at her wedding in 1840, white wedding dresses became a sign of wealth and status rather than virginity.  Although the first records of brides in white go far back into history, it only became standard fashion choice over the last 80 years. For most brides in the U.S, [and South Africa] that dream is re...

Doctoral College Summary Ulster’s ready-made shirt making industry, located largely in the north west of Northern Ireland, was an important but little known industry. Its origins lie in the early 19th century, when local man William Scott established a shirt making enterprise in Derry in 1831. Having spotted a demand, among fashionable society, for cotton shirts with embroidered linen fronts, he expanded his making, via outstations, into manufacture and by 1850 was thought to have one of the ...