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Victorian and Edwardian Bridal Clothes and Wedding Customs. The Ladies Treasury...
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t> Satin, the traditional fabric for wedding dresses, is also the fashionable choice this season. Both plain and brocaded satins are used; the latter are in large leaf or flower patterns, or else in small polka dots. In some rich dresses, the entire dress is of plain satin, while in others, brocaded satin is used for the corsage [bodice] and train, with plain satin for the front and sides of the skirt. Modistes say that the wedding dress has a distinctive style peculiar to it, somewhat severe and entirely different from that of any other dress. The train is made longer, wider and more sever in shape, flowing quite plain from the waist and is untrimmed. The pannier effect if given at all , is very slight and is made by a scarf passed around the hips and held by orange blossoms. The garniture is displayed elaborately on the front and side gores of the skirt. The corsage is a basque cut high in the back, with low square or V-shaped neck and transparent sleeves of lace or...
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