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Embroidered silk coat and silk dress designed by Robinson and Valentine, feather headdress created by Philip Treacy, 2005
Artist: Worn by The Duchess of Cornwall for the blessing after her marriage to HRH The Prince of Wales
Date: 2005
Credit line: Photograph by Hugo Burnand
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VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM
Wedding Dresses 1775-2014
3/5/2014-15/3/2015
The V&A’s spring 2014 exhibition traces the development of the fashionable white wedding dress and its interpretation by leading couturiers and designers, offering a panorama of fashion over the last two centuries.
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Posted 30 October 2014
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Wedding Dresses 1775-2014 features over 80 of the most romantic, glamorous and extravagant wedding outfits from the V&A’s collection. It includes important new acquisitions as well as loans such as Kate Moss's spectacular couture wedding dress designed by John Galliano and Jamie Hince's outfit by Stefano Pilati for Yves Saint Laurent (2011), the embroidered silk coat designed by Robinson and Valentine and worn by The Duchess of Cornwall for the blessing after her marriage to HRH The Prince of Wales (2005), the purple Vivienne Westwood dress chosen by Dita Von Teese (2005), and the Dior outfits worn by Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale on their wedding day (2002).
Displayed chronologically over two floors, the exhibition focuses on bridal wear.
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Wool frock coat and trousers, designed by Mr. Fish, London, 1967 Worn by Charles Evelyn Penn Lucas to marry Antoinette von Westenholz
1967
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Most of the outfits were worn in Britain, by brides of many faiths. Alongside the dresses are accessories including jewellery, shoes, garters, veils, wreaths, hats and corsetry as well as fashion sketches and personal photographs. Garments worn by bridegrooms and attendants are also on display. The exhibition investigates the histories of the garments, revealing fascinating and personal details about the lives of
the wearers, giving an intimate insight into their occupations, circumstances and fashion choices.
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Embroidered silk satin wedding dress designed by Norman Hartnell, 1933 Worn by Margaret Whigham for her marriage to Charles Sweeny
Given and worn by Margaret, Duchess of Argyll
1933
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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Victoria & Albert Museum exposition view Wedding Dresses 1775-2014
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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The mezzanine level features wedding garments from 1960 to 2014, taking the exhibition right up to date with Spring/Summer 2014 designs by Jenny Packham and Temperley Bridal. Emphasising the glamour and spectacle of weddings today, key designers will include Vivienne Westwood, John Galliano, Christian Lacroix, Lanvin, Vera Wang, Jasper Conran, Bruce Oldfield, Osman, Hardy Amies, Bellville Sassoon, Mr.Fish, John Bates, Jean Muir and Ian Stuart, with millinery by Philip Treacy and
Stephen Jones. This section explores the changing social and cultural attitudes to the wedding ceremony and marriage in the late 20th century and features examples of innovative and unconventional wedding outfits including dresses designed by Gareth Pugh and Pam Hogg for the weddings of Katie Shillingford (2011) and Mary Charteris (2012).
Wedding Dresses 1775-2014 has been curated by Edwina Ehrman, Curator of Textiles and Fashion at the V&A.
A version of the exhibition previously toured to Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia (2011), Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (2011-12), National Museum of Singapore (2012) and Western Australian Museum, Perth, Australia (2012-13).
Tickets: £12 (concessions available)
V&A Members go free
For bookings visit www.vam.ac.uk (booking fee applies) or call 020 7420 9736
UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN & IRELAND
LONDON
VICTORIA & ALBERTMUSEUM
Cromwell Road
UK-London SW7 2RL
+44 (0)20-79422000
www.vam.ac.uk
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