| Description |
127 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 23 x 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Grand Occasions -- A Royal Wedding: Princess Charlotte and King George III -- The Bride wore Pink -- The Bride wore Blue -- The Bride wore White -- And the Groom? -- A Wedding Feast, 18th-century Style -- A Regency Bride -- Fine Lace -- A December Wedding -- A Royal Wedding: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert -- The Coming of the Crinoline -- A Lace-maker's Wedding -- A Marriage in High Life -- Bridal Wreaths and Corsages -- Bridal Bouquets -- The Wedding Cake -- The Photographer's Studio -- Brave New Colours -- A Victorian Trousseau -- The Wedding Breakfast, Victorian Style -- A Youthful Bride -- Working Brides -- Victorian Wedding Favours and Ephemera -- Trains and Drapery -- Sumptuous Silks -- A Literary Influence -- Weddings of the 1890s -- Edwardian Trousseaux -- Floral Luxury -- The Wedding Breakfast, Edwardian Style -- Edwardian Wedding Ephemera -- Two Edwardian Weddings -- Swansong -- Married in Khaki -- War and Peace -- Two Royal Weddings -- A Suffolk Bride -- Petals and Tassels -- Young Attendants -- A North Country Bride -- The Economics of the Bottom Drawer -- Trousseaux, 1920s and '30s -- Sylphs & Madonnas -- The Practical Bride -- High Sheen Satins -- Ingenuity and Improvisation -- Leave Permitting -- Demobilisation -- Trousseaux, 1940s and '50s -- Business as Usual -- The Return of Glamour -- The End is the Beginning -- Flower Power |
| Summary |
"This book traces the development of dress from the silver and white brocades of eighteenth-century formal, aristocratic weddings, to the elegant crinoline revivals of the 1960s and '70s. The wearing of a white dress with a veil gradually gained ground during the nineteenth century, and the tradition as we know it seems to have been well established by the 1880s, probably influenced by the marriages of Queen Victoria, her children and grandchildren. Even then, fashionable white weddings were the preserve of wealthy families. Many brides were married in the best they could afford, often a smart day dress which could also be worn on many occasions after the wedding. Wedding veils might be used again in another form, particularly as christening robes." "Shelley Tobin has drawn on the collection of wedding dresses owned by the National Trust and kept at Killerton House in Devon. Whenever possible, she has focused on gowns and accessories where she can trace the provenance of the wearer or maker. The dresses themselves are supplemented with fashion plates, portraits, and photography, together, with bridesmaids' dresses, flowers, favours and customs, to provide a fascinating social history of the past three hundred years."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-121) and index |
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Includes bibliography and index |
| Subject |
Wedding costume -- History.
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| Author |
Willes, Margaret.
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Garner, David, 1956-
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Pepper, Sarah.
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| LC no. |
2004616029 |
| ISBN |
0707803586 |
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