The Royal Wedding Dresses

by Nigel Arch, Joanna Marschner

Royal weddings have been among the most colourful occasions in British history, and the authors of this book offer a study of wedding dresses since the time of the Tudors. As well as detailing the dresses themselves, they discuss how wedding fashion has changed over the years and include relevent items of trivia and tradition. Their aim is to provide a social history with a difference, showing fashion at its grandest.

Genres: Fashion

176 pages, Hardcover

First published October 11, 1990

Reviews

[Charlie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5/5 Stars

4th and final buy. Anyone truly knowing me knows that I for one have never really worn dresses in my life, I forget sometimes that I'm female even, to my mother's disappointment I'm sure. Fashion has never interested me but for some reason or another, I love to look at wedding dresses...because although wedding dresses can cost one's soul nowadays to pay for one alongside the wedding, they are very beautiful to look at, and when you see the woman in that dress, I personally believe it highlights a woman's beauty further.

Seeing this going into simple detail about the past ten queen's and their wedding dresses over the past 200 years was fascinating to read. The pictures of the wedding dresses was lush to look at and discover the history behind them, so the guidebook made for a quick pleasurable read this afternoon.

[Carolyn Harris · Rating 4 out of 5]

A beautifully illustrated history of royal wedding fashion from Henry VII and Elizabeth of York to Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson. Although the title suggest that the book examines wedding dresses alone, the authors also look at the fashions worn by royal bridegrooms, bridesmaids and guests. There are some fascinating examples of royal brides adapting traditional bridal fashions to reflect their own preferences including Queen Marie of Romania choosing a tulle veil instead of the wedding lace favoured by most of Queen Victoria's descendants, and her cousin Princess Margaret of Connaught choosing an Irish made gown embroidered with shamrocks to reflect her happy memories of spending time in Ireland as a child. I would be interested to read an updated edition that includes the last few decades of royal wedding fashion.

[Sultana Alawadhi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting book with simple content and clear high quality photo. talk about last 10 princess and queens in Britain history.