During the Victorian era 1837 to 1901, Queen Victoria, ruler of England, had a huge influence of Victorian fashion. Queen Victoria was often very straight forward in her demands on how women should dress. Victoria would use her Lord Chamberlain, a counselor to the throne, to distribute her style commands in the "Court Journal", a gossip article, describing what was going on in British Royalty. To be considered a lady in Victorians time, people would have to strictly follow a code of manners, started by the queen herself. Even something as simple as the length of a skirt was caused for much consideration. The household wife would dress depending on how wealthy the family was. The better dressed appeared to have more money. The nicer clothing
