Wedding Gowns from 1910-2000

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Wedding Gowns from 1910-2000

• By Angela Kerkvliet

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1910 Wedding Gown

• Semi sheer cotton/linen dress full of cut work
  with grape embroidery.

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1920 Wedding Gown

• Prohibition caused flappers to emerge. Which
  are women with bobbed hair and short dresses.
  The flapper inspiration must have had an impact
  on this tea length, satin wedding gown.
  Headpieces in the 20s became very elaborate and
  elegant.

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1930 Wedding Gown

• Long, sleek, elegant dresses were the style of
  the 30s. For the first time they introduced a
  detachable train so that the gown could be used
  as an evening gown after the wedding.

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1940 Wedding Gown

• Clothing companies were rationing silk for
  parachutes and cloth for bags for the war so
  dress companies introduced rayon for wedding
  gowns. It is like an artificial silk. Also
  illusion netting was popular because it made the
  heavy gown appear to be floating.

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1950 Wedding Gown

• After the war was over there was no need to
  ration any fabric so the dresses got fuller and
  fuller. The style was an hour glass figure.
  Lots of lace was apparent in many 50s wedding
  gowns.

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1960 Wedding Gown

• Jacqueline Kennedy sleek style and fitting gowns
  influenced the 60s bridal gowns. The first
  sleeveless gown was introduced. The fashion
  motto in dresses was less is more.

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1970 Wedding Gown

• A very popular characteristic of the 70s dresses
  was the Camelot sleeve. Nylon was a new
  material that was used on the underskirt.

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1980 Wedding Gown

• Dresses were softly romantic with lace and silk.
  A big influence on dresses was the one that
  princess Diana wore in 1981 when she married
  prince Charles.

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1990 Wedding Gown

• A Pricilla of Boston gown made with a double
  layer organza with overlay of lace. Satin
  rosettes cover the chest of the full a- line
  dress.

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2000 Wedding Gown

• A Satin A-line dress with a pulled waist and
  flutter on the side. Along with the elegant
  white gloves and veil.

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References

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