Posted on 09/03/2012 5:55:54 AM PDT by C19fan
A stunning Edwardian wedding dress is about to be auctioned after being kept in pristine condition by the bride's family for more than a century.
But while it may have survived being bombed twice by the Luftwaffe and 104 years in storage unscathed, it appears the changing shape of modern women could mean the magnificent wedding dress is never again worn down the aisle.
The delicate Brussels lace was worn by petite Ethel Dalziel when she married Ronald Cooper in Glasgow, and is smaller than today's UK size 4.
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The lace is magnificent, but in terms of fashion, I think there’s a happy medium between “Look at my breasts!!!!” and being smothered in froth and frills.
18” waist! Size one slippers! Man, that woman was tiny.
Not made in China or in far off places I’d wager. Societies even in the early 1900s were more self sufficient and less enamored with and immersed in the need for bs Hollywood type entertainment. They did stuff instead of wasting their time.
My wife will be interested in this.
My six-year-old son has bigger feet than that.
I am always amazed that people spend literally thousands of dollars for a white dress that is supposed to represent purity (as in being a virgin) all the while the bastard babies get a matching dress as well...
Yes — take away the high neck and all the extra froo-froo in the front, and I absolutely love it. The veil alone is stunning.
My baby daughter (youngest of four) was married in March. Her dress was this size. Different style, of course.
Interesting factoid -- in the current fashion of strapless gowns, my daughter had to search all over the country to find a dress in her tiny size that did NOT have bare shoulders. Eventually she found one and we bought it over the phone.
Later, she discovered that Prince William's Kate had wrenched the wedding dress fashion industry back toward sleeved, shoulder-covered styles. And why did she go that route?
Westminster Abbey will not permit brides to wear sleeveless, strapless gowns during wedding ceremonies. Old fashioned notions of modesty and all that, dontcha know.
Slutty bridal wear is a reflection of slutty fashion in general.
THAT is photoshopped....right?
I’ve noted that too—(as well as having to endure watching that show under duress).
I don’t know. I just recalled seeing the picture before and thinking “Wow, that’s one slutty bride”
A google image search for “slutty bride gowns” brought that picture up first :-)
It may be the case that in older European churches and cathedrals strapless/sleeveless just aren’t allowed. A friend was married in France a week or so ago and I noticed the bride wore what appears to be a shawl in the church that wasn’t there thru most of the reception.
...it appears the changing shape of modern women could mean the magnificent wedding dress is never again worn down the aisle... smaller than today's UK size 4.
Amen! Gorgeous!!
My first thought was,how the Ghetto Moose would try to cram her big butt into that dress and wear it to a White House cocktail party-the ostentatious bitch.
Why do you post this drivel?
No, it’s not Photoshopped. It’s part of “chav culture,” the tastes of very lower-class people, some of them gypsies, in the UK. They aren’t poor, but the level of tackiness is on a par with the absolute worst in the US. And they go completely over-the-top in spending money on weddings and proms.
In total agreement. There is way too much going on with that dress....and I speak as one who detests the minimalist strapless numbers so popular now.
In total agreement. There is way too much going on with that dress....and I speak as one who detests the minimalist strapless numbers so popular now.
I used to catch that show now and then. The majority of the brides wanted a “sexy” dress. Since when is standing at a church altar taking vows before God an occasion for “sexy?”
I used to catch that show now and then. The majority of the brides wanted a “sexy” dress. Since when is standing at a church altar taking vows before God an occasion for “sexy?”
:::red-faced:::
Apologies for the double posts; this touchpad is driving me nuts.
Thanks for posting this. It is very rare that a dress this old survives intact, let alone one with so much lace. I hope it will become part of an exhibit somewhere, and isn’t hidden away in a dresser drawer again.
As opposed to going to Walmart, where you might just meet Mr. Wonderful!
When I go out in shorts that cover my rear and an ordinary t-shirt, it's like wearing a burka. Practically every other female under 50 is "backsides and bosoms on display."
Tell me about it! Everything is spilling out and on display, and most of it isn’t fit to be seen. Girls who weigh 250 dress the same as the skinny ones, and they seem completely unselfconscious and unaware.
Not long ago at Target, I walked past an employee who was squatting down stocking a shelf. She was wearing very low-cut pants, and her bare rear end was just sticking out, almost completely uncovered. I found a manager and told him I really didn’t want to be visually assaulted by someone’s butt while shopping.
People in general were smaller then. The Allies winning WWII did wonders for diet and nutrition world-wide.
My daughter-in-law would be too small for it. She wears a 00.
What size feet, though?
I don't understand that, myself. Maybe they believe that showing skin is sexy, regardless of anything else, or maybe they simply want to be comfortable. (It is nice, on a hot day, to have one's shoulders uncovered, although I never leave the house like that!) But comfort wouldn't explain why they're still dressed that way when it's 38 and sleeting ...
When my wife was alive, we took the boat to Victoria. There was a museum there that had one of the coats worn by one of the Edwards.
It was stunning. The detail in the threads was amazing. It was hard for me to believe that one person could learn enough to produce it in a lifetime, much less actually have the tools and materials and time to do it.
I don’t know. but they look like about a 7 or 8. She’s not anorectic, just very small. Petite, about 5’1”, very slim. And, believe it or not, she’s a body builder. :o) Go figger...
Just wondered. Anoreth was a size 2 in clothes, before she went in the CG and started doing heavy lifting, but a size 8-1/2 in shoes, and both the younger girls have size 10 feet already. (Elen’s may have stopped growing at last.)
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