As always, h-costume continues to add punctuation that is not in th original.
Sigh!
-Original Message-
From: "R Lloyd Mitchell"
Sent 5/10/2011 8:34:47 PM
To: "Historical Costume"
Subject: Re: [h-cost] 1st White Wedding Dress Trend: Anne of Brittany orQueen
VictoriaIf Anne?of Britanny ch
If Anne?of Britanny chose White for her wedding, I have seen no further
historical referrences about other women choosing the color for their
ceremony?...hence, no vogue?of white having any cache for a proper wedding
ceremony. At that date (Anne's) weddings were probably no so public...except
f
In 1913, my not-so-rich farm bride grandmother wore dove gray for her
wedding. Then she _cut_it_up to make my father's first suit!
In 1943, my mother wore a plain suit (whose color she never told me!)
for her wartime wedding.
Alas. We all missed the chance to wear something spectacular. I
When I taught history of costume, many years ago, I remember reading the
occasional reference to a white wedding dress for a royal/noble bride,
supposedly because it was difficult to bleach silk to a pure white color--hence
it was expensive and conferred status.
Let us also remember that w
