Bibliograph

The wedding dress, 300 years of bridal fashions, Edwina Ehrman

Type

Label

The wedding dress, 300 years of bridal fashions, Edwina Ehrman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The wedding dress

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

880223239

Responsibility statement

Edwina Ehrman

Sub title

300 years of bridal fashions

Summary

This fully updated and revised editon is published in both paperback and hardback to accompany a major V & A exhibition. The Wedding Dress 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 since 1700. It focuses on the white wedding dress, which became fashionable in the early nineteenth century and is now chosen by women across the world ... The sumptuous book considers the way couturiers and designers have challenged and refreshed the traditional white 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

Target audience

adult

Classification