The book
The Wedding Dress: 300 Years of Bridal Fashion by Edwina Ehrman explores the history and traditions of the wedding dress from 1700 to the present. Featured are wedding dresses from the Victoria and Albert Museum’s superb collection, and the royal wedding dress of 2011. These gowns, supported by a rich collection of photographs, letters, memoirs, and newspaper articles, illustrate how designers have reinvented the traditional white wedding dress, in particular, since it first became fashionable in the early 1800s.
This book – about beautiful gowns, the wedding industry, and the romance that surrounds it all – is an excellent accompaniment to Te Papa's exhibition.
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