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Wedding Dress

This sumptuous book draws on wedding garments in the V&As 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.
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    This sumptuous book draws on wedding garments in the V& As collection photographs letters memoirs newspaper accounts & genealogical research to explore the history of the wedding dress & 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 & is worn today by women across the world. The book considers the way couturiers & designers have challenged & refreshed the traditional white wedding dress & 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 & the splendour of its design.

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    White - A colour combining all colours
    Stylish - A desirable design or layout
    History - Anything that happens in the past. An acedemic subject.
    World - A physical grouping, commonly used to describe earth and everything associated with ti
    Day - The time it takes a planet or other space objects to complete one rotation.
    Traditional - Something that has become the same through a period of time and thus repeated.
    Traditional - Something that has been around for a while and is repeated regularly.
    Costume - Clothes that set a scene of a particular theme or time period.
    Design - A drawing or styles that shows the look and functionality of something before its made.

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