The V&A wedding dress

Front of the dressOne of the highlights of the Victoria and Albert Museum fashion exhibition must be this little dress. (Little as in made for someone rather short, by today's standard, I hasten to add.) It is made of white cotton muslin with a flowery wool embroidery at the bottom of the skirt, silk satin collar and wadded rouleaux in the front. It was made sometime around 1830 by an unknown

Top New Wedding Dress

 Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres depicts the Comtesse d'Haussonville, wearing a dressA dress (also known as a Frock or a gown) is a garment consisting of a skirt with an attached bodice (or a matching bodice giving the effect of a one-piece garment). In Western culture, dresses are usually Considered to be items of women's and girls' apparel.

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