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  The Wedding Dress: 300 Years of Bridal Fashions (Hardback) By (author) Edwina Ehrman

  

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  Short Description for The Wedding DressThis sumptuous book draws on wedding garments in the V&A's collection to explore the history of the wedding dress and the traditions that have developed around it from 1700 to the present day. Focusing on the white dress, The Wedding Dress is a glorious tribute to an exquisite, stylish, glamorous gown.
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  • Publisher: V & A Publishing
  • Published: 01 September 2011
  • Format: Hardback 208 pages
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  • Categories: Fashion & Textiles: Design | History Of Fashion | Fashion & Society
  • ISBN 13: 9781851775064 ISBN 10: 1851775064
  • Sales rank: 13,494

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Full description for The Wedding Dress

• This sumptuous book draws on wedding garments in the V&A's collection, photographs, letters, memoirs, newspaper accounts and genealogical research to explore the history of the wedding dress and the traditions that have developed around it from 1700 to the present day. It focuses on the white wedding dress which became fashionable in the early nineteenth century and is worn today by women across the world. The book considers the way couturiers and designers have challenged and refreshed the traditional white wedding dress and the influence of the wedding industry, whose antecedents lie in the commercialization of the wedding in Victorian Britain. The Wedding Dress is not only about costume, but also about the cultivation of the image of the bride. This book is a glorious tribute to an exquisite, stylish, glamorous gown, the romance of its evolution and the splendour of its design.