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Wedding Fashion online database at the V&A

In the world of weddings, finding the right inspiration is the key to homing in on the details that will make your wedding unique.

If you’re looking for inspiration for your vintage wedding, look no further than the V&A museum’s online database of wedding fashions.

You can search weddings from the Victorian period up to the 21st century. You can also see wedding dresses from the V&A’s own fashion collections.

If you have family wedding photos in your family but have no idea of the date, why not browse the dress database to look for similar period dresses or weddings?

To add to this historical record, you can upload your own wedding photos or your family’s wedding photos, from 1840 to the present. The site currently has no wedding images from 1987, 1988 or 1989, so photos and wedding details from these years are particularly welcome.

Both images used by kind permission of the V&A, London
Top image - 1935 Wedding of Mary Woodworth Bradley and Henry Harrison Blagden
Bottom image - 1920 Wedding of Hazel Mary Cox and Captain Ronald Streeter Lambert

Posted Sat, 31 Oct, by Jennie Beard in Dresses, Flowers, Vintage Accessories, Vintage Clothing , Vintage Styling, Vintage Weddings

Wedlock is ...

“Wedlock is the deep, deep peace of the double bed after the hurly-burly of the chaise longue”

Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865-1940) Edwardian Actress

Image from Wikipedia

Posted Sun, 25 Oct, by Jennie Beard in Quotations

Vintage Boudoir Window Display - Only 5 more days to go!

If you haven’t had a chance to go and see our Vintage Boudoir window in Sheffield City Centre, there’s only 5 more days to go before we have to dismantle it…

Now featuring our very special guest - the Moogaloo bird!

For those of you who have seen the window display, thanks so much for all your positive comments.

Watch this space for news of more great window displays to come ...

Posted Sat, 10 Oct, by Jennie Beard in Window Display