Wedding Dress

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Artist/Maker	Rayner, Catherine (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Oyster pink strapless wedding dress. Straight Duchesse satin dress with a large back bow and attached train. It has a boned and corsetted bodice and a flat-fronted tapered skirt, and the back bow creates a bustle effect.

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Categories	Fashion Marriage Womenswear Europeana Fashion Project
Object type	Wedding dress
Materials and techniques	Satin Satin Weave Boned
Brief description	Strapless satin wedding dress, designed by Catherine Rayner, Great Britain, 1996
Physical description	Oyster pink strapless wedding dress. Straight Duchesse satin dress with a large back bow and attached train. It has a boned and corsetted bodice and a flat-fronted tapered skirt, and the back bow creates a bustle effect.
Gallery label	(1997) This sculptural design is a fine example of Catherine Rayner's sleek and sophisticated wedding dresses. It has a boned and corsetted bodice, and flat- fronted tapered skirt with back bow, which creates a bustle effect. It is shown without a veil and the other decorative accoutrements associated with traditional wedding gowns.
Credit line	Given by the designer
Bibliographic reference	De La Haye, Amy, ed. The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947-1997. London: V&A Publications, 1997.
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.15-1997

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Record created	August 20, 2003
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O83523/wedding-dress-rayner-catherine/

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