Date:1875 - 1880 (c.)
Description:This garment is a bodice and skirt which would have been typical of the day. It has a silk bodice with long sleeves and is fastened at the front with many silk covered buttons. The skirt is unlined and has a frill lace edge, it is gathered at the centre back for a bustle and would have been worn with a cream satin underskirt. During the early 1800’s brides wore darker colours but when Victoria and her daughter and daughter-in-law all wore white to their weddings this made the colour more popular for the first time in history. Even though women had worn white before Victoria it was only the richest of brides who could afford it, as ineffective bleaches made white the hardest colour to produce. Although this item isn't 'white' it is certainly trying to emulate the new fashion for lighter coloured wedding dresses.
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Donor ref:NM.1997.161® (22/27273)
Source: Brampton Museum and Art Gallery, Newcastle under Lyme
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