Wedding Dress (Style 11297)
Wedding Dress
2006 (for Spring '07 Bridal Collection) (designed and made), 26th August 2007 (worn)
2006 (for Spring '07 Bridal Collection) (designed and made), 26th August 2007 (worn)
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Wedding gown. Originally designed and presented as a strapless A-line gown with a draped bodice and triple-tiered skirt with ruffled organza trim. The dress is made from tissue organza and satin-faced organza mounted on a lining and canvas interlining. A wide band of woven fabric forms the Empire waistline and there is a organza & tulle floral applique to the back of the waist. The dress fastens down the back with a row of white satin covered buttons. The design, which was worn on the catwalk, was modified by the atelier for the wedding with organza cap sleeves and shoulder straps
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| Title | Wedding Dress (Style 11297) (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | satin-faced organza and tissue organza, tulle, canvas interlining. |
| Brief description | USA; Wang, Vera; Style 11297; Spring 2007 Bridal Collection (couture). Pale ivory strapless A-line with draped bodice and tiered skirt, ruffled trim. Modified with cap sleeves). Satin-faced organza and tissue organza. Worn by Katie Turner for her marriage to Andrew Hayward, on 26 August 2007. |
| Physical description | Wedding gown. Originally designed and presented as a strapless A-line gown with a draped bodice and triple-tiered skirt with ruffled organza trim. The dress is made from tissue organza and satin-faced organza mounted on a lining and canvas interlining. A wide band of woven fabric forms the Empire waistline and there is a organza & tulle floral applique to the back of the waist. The dress fastens down the back with a row of white satin covered buttons. The design, which was worn on the catwalk, was modified by the atelier for the wedding with organza cap sleeves and shoulder straps |
| Production type | Haute couture |
| Gallery label | Wedding dress with silk flowers
Vera Wang (b.1949)
USA, Spring 2007 bridal collection
Flip flops: Abercrombie & Fitch
American designer Vera Wang founded her bridal wear company in 1990. She offered women ready-made and custom-made dresses that fused tradition with contemporary fashion. New Yorker Katie Turner's trained gown is unmistakably a wedding dress, but the applied silk flowers and delicate weave decoration on the bodice reflect the fashions for 2007.
Dress: tissue organza and satin-faced organza
Flip flops: plastic
Lent by the American Friends of the V&A(2011) |
| Credit line | Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Linda and Robert Turner in honor of Katie Turner |
| Object history | Worn by Katie Bella Turner on the occasion of her marriage to Andrew Robert Hayward on Sunday 26 August, 2007, at the Old Field Club, Setauket, New York. The dress was originally presented at a Vera Wang catwalk show, and slightly modified (by the addition of shoulder straps and draped organza cap-sleeves) for the bride. |
| Production | Attribution note: Unique model, originally presented on the catwalk in 2006 and then modified to be worn by a real-life bride in 2007 |
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| Accession number | T.1708-2017 |
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| Record created | May 17, 2011 |
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