Eleanor Houghton Print: Charlotte Brontë’s Striped Silk Dress journal Victorian literature scholar Deborah Lutz

Victorian literature scholar Deborah Lutz illuminates the complex and fascinating lives of the Brontës through the things they wore

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the desire for fame

Eleanor Houghton Print: Charlotte Brontë’s Striped Silk Dress journal Victorian literature scholar Deborah LutzEleanor Houghton, Charlotte Bronts Striped Silk Dress, Pen and ink with watercolour, 2021 Charlotte would have worn this dress to some of the conspicuous events in London to which she was invited after she became famous. Gowns, with the addition of floral adornments, were customarily reserved for formal evening events such as the theatre or the opera, as they could not be laundered. Eleanor Houghtons recent research has revealed that this striped silk