Something Blue: Wedding Fashions 1914-2014

Something Blue explores a hundred years of bridal fashion from the Gallery of Costume’s collections. The 18 unique gowns on display were worn by a wide array of British brides including mill workers, wives of Lieutenants in the Royal Navy, women in the air force as well as the wedding dresses of art world figures Kathleen Soriano, Director of Exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts and Maria Balshaw, Director of Manchester City Galleries and the Whitworth Art Gallery. All but one of the dresses that will be part of the exhibition have not been on display before. The show illustrates the changes in styles, materials and fashion trends in wedding dresses throughout the century. From brides using parachute silk in the 1940’s due to the rationing of materials, to the dismissal of traditional gowns in favour of more modern suits or shorter dresses in the 1960’s, and some brides’ preference of coloured dresses in the 1990’s, the exhibition illustrates the wedding dresses of the periods.

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www.manchestergalleries.org/our-other-venues/platt-hall-gallery-of-costume/exhibition-programme/

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//mw1772?id=EVENT507483