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Assistant Curator, Jessica Regan, said: Elaborate standards of mourning set by royalty spread across class lines via fashion magazines, and the prescribed clothing was readily available for purchase through mourning warehouses that proliferated in European and American cities by mid-century. Approximately 30 ensembles, many of which are being exhibited for the first time, will reveal the impact of high-fashion standards on bereavement rituals as they evolved over a century

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Understanding their origins helps explain why each carries the formality level it does today