Wedding Dress 1700s. The gold dress is from 1884 and made of silk and cotton. 13052020 The tightening legal restrictions of the 1700s specified that wedding ceremonies must take place in a church or by special licence and always by an ordained clergymanThis delegitimised a trend of common law weddings conducted in moonlit fields by an informal exchange of vows or the fabled act of jumping over a broom-stick together.
30072019 By this time wedding dresses were sold off the rack. Pannier pronounced pahn-yay means basket in French. Before the Victorian Era when white wedding gowns became popularized by Queen Victoria in 1840 a bride had the choice to wear any colour she desired including black.
An earasaid or arasaid is a draped garment worn in Scotland as part of traditional female highland dress.
At retail stores so brides didnt need to have a dress custom-made by a tailor. The Museum at FIT Gift of Tanya Melendez. 24092014 It is also a symbol of purity and modesty. 17052021 The silk organza wedding dress worn by Princess Margaret was also designed by Norman Hartnell and was described by Life magazine as the simplest royal wedding gown in history.