Fashion — 1928
Dress, wedding dress
This spectacular dress was worn by Mrs Carl Bendix, later Viscountess Allenby of Megido, at the Dream of Fair Women Ball held at Claridge's Hotel in February 1928. The Ball's theme was 'women of the past, present and future' and this dress represented the present. The dress was given to the London Museum after the ball to be 'exhibited after 1960 as a perfect specimen of our quaint period'. The design, with its cutwork silk and embroidery borders, is a playful, modern variation on the traditional wedding dress. It is said to have been inspired by Renaissance paintings. Hartnell made several wedding dresses of this design: versions were worn by the daughter of Lady Lacon for her wedding in 1928 (Bowes Museum, Durham) and by the Duchess of Argyll in 1933 (V&A).
- Category:
- Fashion
- Object ID:
- 39.162a
- Object name:
- dress, wedding dress
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Norman Hartnell
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- Related events:
- Related places:
10 Bruton Street, London [City of Westminster], City of Westminster
- Production date:
- 1928
- Material:
silk, glass, metal
- Measurements/duration:
- DM 820 mm (bust), DM 900 mm (hips)
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
Hardy Amies plc
- Image credit:
© Image reproduced by kind permission of Hardy Amies plc
- Creative commons usage:
- CC BY-NC 4.0
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