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BLISS: 19th-Century Wedding Gowns from The Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection

Start Date
11 February 2014
End Date
05 July 2014
Venue
Museum at Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
Location
Los Angeles, USA
Curator
Kevin Jones

Yards of satin and faille, froths of lace and tulle, glimmers of beads and rhinestones: the stuff of dreams that clothed the female transition from maidenhood to matrimony. BLISS: 19th-Century Wedding Gowns from The Helen Larson Historic Fashion Collection looks at a century of idealized brides dressed in simple sheaths of the First Empire to complex draperies of the Gilded Age; each decade represented by the reigning silhouette. Meant to celebrate a single day, these rare ensembles continue to inspire nostalgic happy-ever-afters.