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Historical Clippings Book - Fashion (HC-17) (451 pages)

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9 Classic beauty spans two centuries from 1772's gown, at left, to 1972's. more flattering cream or light coffee shade often was chosen. By the 1820s, special wedding dresses had begun to appear, though these often were designed with an eye toward practicality; detachable sleeves, for instance, might make the frock more suitable for later wear. Still, it was a rare young woman who wore an _individualized dress. Later, toward the end of the 1800s, the wedding gown became a special status-symbol for the wealthy. It began to be a single-occasion gown. And white, symbolizing purity, became the color for brides everywhere in the world. By the 1930s, the one-wearing-only dress as we know it had become traditional. In very recent years, the pendulum has begun to swing back toward simpler dresses, without many of the frills of early decades. But except for the sprinkling of weddings in which the brides —and grooms — choose unusual, even bizarre costumes, some variation of the white wedding gown is still very much in vogue. The gowns on these pages were gathered for a special exhibit, “New York Brides, 17721972,” held earlier this year at the Museum of the City of New York. Elizabeth Jachimowicz, the museum’s curator of costumes, prepared the show. oO NRTA JOURNAL NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1972 William Guggenheim's bride, Aimee Steinberger, spent weeks embroidering her hand-tucked gown in 1904. Doris Brixey copied Medieval gown, satin worked with silver over lace, for 1927. wedding to Henry Olmstead. Photos: Pedro Barcala Constance Barber wed William Foster in 1951; finely striped rayon, silk gown recalls era's ‘‘New Look.” ‘et Chemise of 1925 was for brides, too —like pearftrimmed silk in which Mary Glass wed Col. M. Thompson. Elegant simplicity was key in 1934; Mrs. John Ellis (Ann Lowsley) chose plain organza edged by neat ruffle. Wed to Paul Brno in Central Park, Judith Acosta wore 1969's dominant fashion: .empire-waisted minidress.