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Victorian fashion is an amazing visual feast: besides the intense colours made possible by the first man-made dyes, there were extravagant patterns like cabbage roses, large-scaled botanically-correct brocades, William Morris acanthus leaves and every kind of paisley, fashion historian Caroline Milbank tells BBC Designed

Get yourself out the door with rich leather combat boots and a simple, chic crossbody bag to go with it

I've included video footage as well as photos so you can really see how each dress moves, because arguably that's just as important when you know you'll be dancing all night long

Buttons were in the front of the dress (versus the back) and either buttoned from the neck to the waist, or all the way from the neck to the bottom of the skirt

Material choice is critical to both luxury perception and long-term garment performance