Dolly Varden
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Dolly Varden is a lively, coquettish young woman from Charles Dickens’s novel "Barnaby Rudge," whose name later inspired a popular 19th-century fashion style.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Barnaby Rudge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Victorian fancy dress costumes
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broad-brimmed hats with flowers and ribbons ⓘ colorful printed cotton dresses ⓘ flowered muslin gowns ⓘ over-skirts and polonaises ⓘ |
| authorNationality | English ⓘ |
| characterIn | Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Charles Dickens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
coquettish
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lively ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | Barnaby Rudge universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | Barnaby Rudge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genreOfWorkAppearedIn | historical novel ⓘ |
| hasCulturalImpact |
Victorian fashion
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popular culture of the 19th century ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin | character name used as fashion term ⓘ |
| influenced | use of female character names for fashion labels ⓘ |
| inspired |
Dolly Varden as a 19th-century fashion icon
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Dolly Varden costume in 19th-century theatre ⓘ Dolly Varden dress style ⓘ Dolly Varden fashion ⓘ Dolly Varden hat style ⓘ Dolly Varden polonaise dress ⓘ Dolly Varden print fabrics ⓘ Dolly Varden-themed illustrations ⓘ Dolly Varden-themed paintings ⓘ Dolly Varden-themed songs ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | 18th-century fashions ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a flirtatious young woman in Dickens’s fiction
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giving her name to a fashion craze ⓘ |
| partOf | the cast of characters in Barnaby Rudge ⓘ |
| timeOfCulturalPopularity |
1870s fashion
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19th century ⓘ |
| workPublicationDate | 1841 ⓘ |
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