# @mdhistory on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B1zDH9BHrob
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/75984809-mdhistory-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/3d23839099.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-08-30T18:08:42.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Maryland Center for History and Culture (MCHC) (@mdhistory) — https://gondola.cc/mdhistory

## Caption

From a popular style of dress to an actual fish, Dolly Varden's name has been attached to numerous trends, yet she was a fictional character. In this week's Fashion Archives blog, read about the fashionable dresses and accessories associated with the Dolly Varden craze.
http://blog.mdhs.org/costumes/truth-is-stranger-than-fictional-characters-dolly-varden-in-the-1870s

Image Credit: William Powell Frith, Dolly Varden, 1842. F.8. The Victoria and Albert Museum. Gift of John Forster.

#FashionHistory #CharlesDickens #FashionsOfFiction #FictionalFashions #1870sFashion #1880sFashion #DollyVarden

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1880sfashion, charlesdickens, fashionsoffiction, 1870sfashion, fictionalfashions, dollyvarden, fashionhistory

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