17th Century Wedding Dresses

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17th century wedding dresses. The long bodice front with curving bands of vertical trim is characteristic of 1670. At a 17th century wedding ball the bride center wears an ornately decorated blue dress. Regardless general use of white wedding dresses only came over the course of the 19th century.

Corseted style wedding gown from one of the uk s major designers of alternative couture bridal gowns influenced by art theatre period costume and historical dress. Maria theresa of spain wears enormous sleeves bare shoulders large pearls a large feather and has a mass of loose waves. You can imagine a woman wearing this to her wedding and to many a gala afterwards.

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While white was still the color of choice for affluent brides due to queen victoria s trend setting gown in 1840 other brides opted to wear azure mauve or pale pink. The most popular color. Well you re in luck because here they come.

Next another coloured wedding dress. Guests were given gloves as a gesture of the hand of friendship and even the poorest often wore ribbons to symbolize the tying of the knot. In the 17th century nobility was no strange to white wedding dresses which were also favoured in earlier centuries mary of burgundy married in 1477 in a white and gold embroidered satin dress combined with a white ermine cape.

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