However, I know that mourning etiquette is somewhat complicated, and it differs depending on one’s relation to the deceased, so I thought I would ask your expertise. Skip to main content Arrow-right ...

It seems to Miss Manners that sensible mourning, in modern times, would be black clothes during the time that you do not want to have people urging you to get over it and behave as before, and ...

Sober clothes, usually black but sometimes white in summer, with the option of a black armband, and absence from social life other than for ceremonies, constitute dignified modern mourning.

Despite vehement efforts to kill them off, rituals connected with death keep coming back. They may not look as good, but they are recognizable. Long ago, Miss Manners noticed that sunglasses had ...

Is there such a thing as funeral style? Indeed there is, as the fashionable art of mourning will be explored through “Death Becomes Her: A Century of Mourning Attire,” an exhibit opening Oct ...

Mourning clothes—along with other facets of grief—were highly regimented in Victorian England ... But the modern funeral industry is, of course, no better—it’s an exhausting ...

Black has long been associated with grief, but dress codes have shifted over the eras, including elaborate rules for Victorian-era mourners that lasted for years at a time.

Sober clothes, usually black but sometimes white in summer, with the option of a black armband, and absence from social life other than for ceremonies, constitute dignified modern mourning.

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