Today would have been my grandparents 75th wedding anniversary and as I promised in my earlier post about the dress and its origins, here is a picture of me wearing my grandmother's wedding dress before showing it off at a wedding dress through the ages fund-raising event.
The event was held in a local church where dresses from 1881 to 2011 were being modelled. The dress from 1881 was being worn by the great-great grand-daughter of the bride, whilst I like others was wearing my grandmothers and others were wearing their mother's dress. The dress from 1882 was so tiny that a 12 year old had to model it. It was really interesting to see how dresses have changed over the years, from colour to style. There was even a trouser suit from the 1970s.
This is me in my grandmother's wedding dress, veil and all. It's not the best photo because I had to use the self-timer to take it - sorry!
This is the top of the head-dress. The veil was attached to a silver tiara style head-dress and was decorated with silver Belgian embroidery.....truly beautiful.
Now the dress is back in it's original box, but really could do with some love and attention, or conservation....it has a hole under the arm and the veil is so delicate that the net rips very easily.
6 comments:
It's a very beautiful dress, and it suits you (if I may say so) ;)
Wow Di -- it's GORGEOUS! It looks like it fits you perfectly. Very, very pretty!
Lovely! It is so stylish even for this time period. And I agree with the other two comments-- it looks like it fits you perfectly. I saw a show of wedding dresses at the Philadelphia Museum of Art last year and yours is just as beautiful as any in that show! The embroidery is so gorgeous!
What a BEAUTIFUL dress!!! And it fits you like a glove.
Your Grandmama's wedding gown is just exquisite and you look beautiful wearing it, she must be quite a girl!
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I love your grandmama's wedding dress,and you are so gorgeous !
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