Wedding Dress
1979 (made)
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Ivory silk taffeta dress with pink ribbon bows; taffeta underskirt; sequinned tulle veil and headband of fabric flowers.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 7 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | silk taffeta, tulle, ribbons |
| Brief description | silk taffeta, 1979, English; Emanuel, cream, trimmed with frills, bows etc |
| Physical description | Ivory silk taffeta dress with pink ribbon bows; taffeta underskirt; sequinned tulle veil and headband of fabric flowers. |
| Gallery label | This dress was created for Liberty's 'Silk Cut' show in December 1979. With its festooned and trained crinoline- style skirt, and frills, bows, and fabric flowers, this romantic gown is a precursor of the Emanuels' design for Lady Diana Spencer's wedding dress in 1981. The Emanuels were inspired by Winterhalter's portraits of the 1860s- the same source that prompted Norman Hartnell to revive full- skirted styles for the Queen Mother in 1938.(1997) |
| Bibliographic reference | De la Haye, Amy (ed.). The Cutting Edge: 50 Years of British Fashion 1947- 1997. London : V&A Publications, 1997
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.181-1980 |
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| Record created | August 20, 2003 |
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