1880s wedding dress

The bride of Prince Leopald, Queen Victoria's youngest son

Sharing my Wedding Gown Vignette in our bedroom photofunia.com I also had fun creating this vintage looking book on photofunia! Yep, tha...

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Irish crochet wedding gown with train, 1890

Ever since Queen Victoria wed in 1840, however, white has remained the traditional color for wedding gowns and bouquets. A woman then used h...

Wedding dress, silk satin trimmed with false pearls and silk chiffon, c. 1888, French.

Last week you LOVED the 1950’s festive party frock. I’ve never seen so many 10/10 in one post! Alas, just enough of you were party poopers to make our frock miss out on a perfect belle of the ball rating, but it still managed a very popular 9.3 out of 10. Since I’m focusing on wedding dresses this week on the blog, what better way to celebrate it than by rating a wedding dress? Not one from 1911 though – we’ve done quite a few frocks from that era lately, and the focus on 1911 dresses might…

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Ever since Queen Victoria wed in 1840, however, white has remained the traditional color for wedding gowns and bouquets. A woman then used her dress for Court Presentation after marriage, usually with a different bodice. The early Victorian wedding dress had a fitted bodice, small waist, and full skirt (over hoops and petticoats.) It was made of organdy, tulle, lace, gauze, silk, linen or cashmere. The veil was a fine gauze, sheer cotton or lace. Formal weddings during this period were all…

The history of the wedding dress is shorter than the history of weddings, and even shorter still than the history of marriage.