It is said that before Queen Victoria, brides in England did not wear white wedding dresses at weddings, but chose colors such as black, brown, and gray.

The reasons are naturally many, not that everyone doesn't like it, but that white is not practical, so no one dares to choose, not to mention wedding dresses at that time, other clothes are rarely white.

You must know that washing clothes was a very difficult thing at that time, white clothes were difficult to clean if they were stained, even nobles could not afford the consequences of wearing a piece of clothing only once, after all, the production of wedding dresses was very complicated, the cost of a wedding dress was very high, and the nobles could not afford to be extravagant in this matter.

In 1840, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were married, and Queen Victoria chose a white silk gown embellished with delicate lace, and the white wedding dress became popular all over the world.

This can be regarded as a celebrity effect.

When Henry and Lacey got married, Lacey's wedding dress was made from England, which was very in line with the tradition of the British aristocracy, and the tailoring process in England was indeed very good, the wedding dress was very beautiful, Lacey became the most beautiful woman at the wedding, and this couple also became a good story.

But Lacey's wedding dress made Lacey suffer enough.

The Victorian style of women's clothing was intricate and ornate, and the demand for "beauty" reached a morbid level.

In this period, the corset is getting thinner and thinner, but the skirt is getting bigger and bigger, in order to make the skirt look better, the skirt also uses skirt support, the number of petticoats is as many as five or six layers, such a set of wedding dresses, there are dozens of pounds, so wearing a wedding dress is actually a personal work.

What's even more speechless is that the aesthetics of this period think that it is very attractive to be pale and weak, so most women use a corset to make themselves look thinner and more curvy, this corset is not tied to the chest, but to the abdomen, which will show the waist more, and will also make a certain part look bigger, in order to pursue the visual effect, the corset is getting tighter and tighter, and it is inevitable that it will be difficult to breathe, and some people are even strangled by the corset to displace their internal organs.

So on the streets of London at that time, it was common for women in dresses to suddenly faint on the side of the road.

What's more, the wedding dress of this era is not conservative at all, the wedding dress is not a V-neck, nor a one-line neck, but a deep V-neck, which is really a saving fabric, and it can also feast the eyes of the men attending the wedding, but Roque will not let Phyllis appear at the wedding wearing it like this.

According to Philip's meaning, he also wanted Phyllis to order a wedding dress from the UK, so that Phyllis could appear at the wedding in the most beautiful state.

Phyllis thinks the same way, and in Phyllis's opinion, only a local tailor in England can make a top-notch and exquisite wedding dress.

But this "top exquisiteness" depends on whom, for women in this era, everything in Britain is the best in the world, but Roque really can't look down on wedding dresses in this era, after seeing Lacey's wedding dress, Roque knows that wearing a wedding dress is a very painful thing, so Roque will not let Phyllis suffer this sin.

So the job of making a wedding dress was taken over by Roque.

Roque certainly didn't have time to go to England, but Johannesburg has a lot of talent, and among the Chinese who immigrated to Johannesburg, there are many women who are proficient in this technical work.

The so-called "gorgeous" in this era is to use gold thread, silver thread, crystal, and pearl combination on the wedding dress to embroider various patterns, the more complex the pattern, the better, it is best to layer on top of each other, and the texture of the wedding dress itself cannot be seen at all.

If you want to talk about embroidery, it is estimated that the embroidery workers in the world are the best among the Chinese, the big girl and the little daughter-in-law in Johannesburg, who does not have a hand to do needlework, it is simply a sign of immorality, so Roque does not have to go to the British mainland, in Johannesburg, although most women's needlework is just passable, but as long as you look carefully, there are really a lot of excellent embroiderers.

What's more, there is a group of craftsmen in the Locke Gold Mine itself, and Isabella Kirton is not only an excellent designer, but also an excellent tailor, so making a wedding dress for Phyllis was naturally handed over to "Itno" by Roque.

Don't forget, this era also has a strong "celebrity effect".

Queen Victoria wore a white wedding dress to her wedding, and as a result, white wedding dresses took the world by storm.

In the Transvaal, a wealthy lady like Phyllis has the same status as Queen Victoria in the world.

So Roque will definitely not let go of such an opportunity, although it may seem a bit inappropriate to associate wedding with business, but as long as Phyllis's wedding dress can be a sensation, then "Itno" will definitely be sought after.

The style of the wedding dress is determined by Roque himself, since the wedding dresses of this era are all deep V necks, then Roque has a lot less scruples in the design, but Roque will definitely not use a deep V neck, it is enough to have a V, and it does not need to be so deep, and lace is also used on the neckline, so that nothing is actually exposed, and the visual effect is very good.

As for the corsets and skirts commonly used in this era, Roque directly discarded them, and Phyllis is now squeezing, and she can't squeeze out those women who have given birth to three or five children, so the wedding dress only needs to be elegant and romantic, and to play with luxury and beauty, Roque makes a fuss about the tail of garlands and wedding dresses.

At Henry's Lacey's wedding, Lacey's wedding dress was 10 feet long, which is about three meters when converted into the metric system, and the luxury and beauty of the wedding dress are concentrated in this three-meter space.

Phyllis's wedding dress is also about 15 feet long, and the tail also needs to be embroidered, but Roque does not use crystals and pearls, and Kimberley Province is rich in diamonds, Xiao Si knew that Roque was going to make a wedding dress for Phyllis, and contracted all the diamonds to be used in the wedding dress in one go.

How could Roque miss such an opportunity to slaughter Xiao Si, so Phyllis used no less than 5,000 diamonds in her wedding dress, but fortunately, these diamonds are not big, otherwise Xiao Si is estimated to be distressed to death.

In addition to the wedding dress, the bride also wears a headdress at the wedding, the crown of this era has not been used indiscriminately, the crown is not available to ordinary people, under normal circumstances, the bride wears a garland at the wedding.

Phyllis also wears a "garland", but unlike ordinary flowers, the flowers that Phyllis wears are carved with various gemstones, and in terms of value, they are much higher than ordinary crowns.

In addition to the garland, the bride also wears a veil at the wedding, the veil doesn't matter, anyway, the weight is very light, it doesn't matter how long, but it can't be too long, for the overall effect of the wedding dress, Roque chose a one-meter veil.

The veil is also a matter of detail, a small one-meter veil, six of the best embroiderers embroidered for a month, the edges of the veil are all fine and dense petals, Roque did not use roses representing England, but used jasmine petals with more oriental characteristics.

As early as 1804, John Bellaud, the secretary of the first British ambassador to China, published a book of "Travels in China", which recorded the brief score of "Jasmine", so at least 100 years before the birth of "Turandot", "Jasmine" has been circulated in the world.

I have to say that such a set of wedding dresses is absolutely outstanding in this era, not to mention how good the materials used in the wedding dress are, and the concept of design is more than one level ahead of this era, not to mention that Phyllis treats it as a treasure after seeing the finished product, Karina (Owen's wife) and Lacey are even more regretful after seeing the wedding dress, their wedding dress looked good at the time, but it can't be compared with Phyllis's wedding dress.

Not to mention Karina and Lacey, even if Queen Alexandra (Edward V's wife) sees her, I'm afraid she will be all kinds of envy, jealousy and hatred.

In addition to the wedding dress, Roque was also responsible for choosing the church for the wedding.

As an English baron, Roque's wedding was definitely Western, and the choice of church was important.

The state religion of England is Protestantism, which does not seem to be controversial in the first place, and there are now Protestant churches in the town of Ziwei, and Roque just had his wedding in the Protestant church.

Father Frank doesn't think so.

"Sir, although I don't mean to offend, I also have to say that in the case of Ziwei Town, it is more appropriate to hold a wedding in a Catholic church." Frank approached Roque early, hoping to officiate Roque and Phyllis's wedding in his church.

"Why?" Roque really didn't know where Frank got his confidence.

"Because of the situation in Ziwei Town, Lord, you must know that Ziwei Town is a multi-ethnic town, and there are not only Chinese people here, but also Boers, Germans, French, and even pure British people have the smallest number, so why choose Protestantism? Protestant churches are not usually visited. Frank agitated his incorruptible tongue and tried to get Roque to change his mind.

"Frank, I'm an English baron, what do you make the rest of the people think if I don't get married in a Protestant church?" Roque doesn't want to get into trouble, and there is no need to be complicated on a happy day.

Others don't say that Ade and Philip will definitely attend Roque's wedding, and if Ade and Philip find out that Roque is not in the Protestant church, then Ade and Philip will definitely have an opinion about Roque.

Relatively speaking, the opinions of the residents of Ziwei Town are really not important.

However, there are really few British residents in Ziwei Town, and last month the Ziwei Town Government counted that there are 6,500 permanent residents in Ziwei Town, and there are less than 100 pure British people, which really makes Luo Ke helpless.

Roque did not let the British come to Ziwei Town, on the contrary, Roque was very welcome, but the problem of the small number of British people was not only in Ziwei Town, but also in the whole of southern Africa.

"Sir, sooner or later the Transvaal will have to be autonomous—" Frank said in astonishment.

Roque really didn't expect that many Transvaal officials could not see as far as a German priest.

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