Wedding dress

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Title

Wedding dress

Content partner

Toitū Otago Settlers Museum

Collection

Toitū Otago Settlers Museum NZMuseums

Description

This graceful long-sleeved wedding gown was worn just months before the outbreak of war in 1939. It represents the full flowering of 1930s wedding fashion. Soon afterwards the outbreak of worldwide conflict temporarily reigned in the inclination as well as the practical opportunity to celebrate in such style. The dress is made from an ivory satin, with a heart-shaped neckline finished with a spray of orange blossom. The train is shirred to form three scallops, which were finished with sprigs ...

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Format

Image

Date created

1939

URL

https://ehive.com/collections/3242/objects/27715

Related subjects

1939 / Doris Clement / Dress / Dunedin / Kitty Larking / Wedding gown

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