tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post8713139034502733579..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: An 1836 Wedding Gown with Matching SlippersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-86812337511216082392015-06-03T19:07:26.488-04:002015-06-03T19:07:26.488-04:00Thank you for checking out our Pinterest board of ...Thank you for checking out our Pinterest board of historical wedding dresses, Cathy! For anyone else who'd like to take a peek (and no, you don't have to be a member of Pinterest to have a look-see), we have over 600 pinned, and always hunting for more. Here's the link: <br /><br />https://www.pinterest.com/2nerdyhistgirls/wedding-gowns-of-the-past/ Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-77125255238292666562015-06-03T18:12:32.392-04:002015-06-03T18:12:32.392-04:00Note - "Silk Damask", who has left two c...Note - "Silk Damask", who has left two comments with more information about the dress, is Kimberly Alexander, co-curator of the exhibition and very familiar with the shoes and clothing in it. Thanks for stopping by, Kimberly! :)Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-36973409029454023392015-06-03T17:31:54.540-04:002015-06-03T17:31:54.540-04:00Hello Karen Anne- You can see areas of the origin...Hello Karen Anne- You can see areas of the original celadon green underneath the random ruffle and here and there, where the light did not fall on the dress. We were especially fortunate that a swatch of the original textile was rolled loosely and placed inside one of the shoes, protecting it. It is extremely difficult to capture on camera.SilkDamaskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135190101766193203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-82350885553325439122015-06-03T12:20:05.075-04:002015-06-03T12:20:05.075-04:00Gorgeous! I'd love to know how long it took to...Gorgeous! I'd love to know how long it took to sew since those kinds of seams and such are time consuming, no matter how good you are.<br /><br />@Cathy Spencer, take a look at Elizabeth Taylor's waist in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, in the white dress she wears. Talk about Tiny!!nightsmusichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05984119792540771870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-50579635774329642342015-06-03T10:23:16.460-04:002015-06-03T10:23:16.460-04:00Many thanks for giving our petite bride the attent...Many thanks for giving our petite bride the attention she deserves! The mannequin was made by Astrida Schaeffer of Schaeffer Arts and adds much to the experience.<br />SilkDamaskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135190101766193203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-74337515428488366742015-06-03T09:36:59.716-04:002015-06-03T09:36:59.716-04:00I just had a look at your Pinterest collection of ...I just had a look at your Pinterest collection of historical wedding gowns. Very impressive. I thought that the waist of Catherine the Great's dress was impossibly small until I saw Elizabeth Taylor wearing the gown from "The Father of the Bride." Wowza!Cathy Spencer, Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12950882935814941182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-83832337357446493272015-06-03T07:34:04.920-04:002015-06-03T07:34:04.920-04:00Following the link about white wedding dresses, le...Following the link about white wedding dresses, lead me to wonder where the barbarous custom of white being restricted to virgins came from. The closest I could come was <br /><br />http://godeysladysbook.com/white_wedding_dress_origins.htm<br /><br />which says it is from Godey's Lady's book in 1849, but that just cites "from the earliest ages."<br />Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-65082167737376947372015-06-03T07:24:31.273-04:002015-06-03T07:24:31.273-04:00How did they determine the color? Did they pick a...How did they determine the color? Did they pick apart part of a hem? Too bad there is not a photo of that.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-39851189583832374082015-06-03T06:53:38.102-04:002015-06-03T06:53:38.102-04:00Thank you for this! I didn't know about sleev...Thank you for this! I didn't know about sleeve puffs, but it makes sense, rather than install them in every dress you make. I love the look of the sloping banded shoulders and breast of these dresses, but having worn one, they are a trial for a modern woman to move around in. As the costumer who made my dress explained, genteel women were not expected to be raising their arms much! Feature her dismay when I told her the dances we were doing onstage needed LOTS of raising and lowering of arms... But this dress is wonderful, and I'm so glad he family, and ultimately the museum, preserved it for our wondering eyes!<br />Thanks! LOVE your posts,<br />Nancy NAuntieNanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11202319448791012747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-8588370609384218652015-06-03T06:29:28.203-04:002015-06-03T06:29:28.203-04:00I am not surprised that the silk damask was costly...I am not surprised that the silk damask was costly. It was luscious, expensive material and her dress seems to have required metres of the stuff.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com