The Wedding Dress - Rilegato

McBride-Mellinger, Maria

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0679418849 ISBN 13: 9780679418849

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 1993

Riassunto

A sourcebook for brides and wedding buffs features two hundred photographs and a comprehensive history of wedding fashions, including today's most exquisite dresses. 25,000 first printing. BOMC & BH&G Alt.

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L'autore:

About The Author

Maria McBride-Mellinger, author of Bridal Flowers (Little, Brown and Company), was fashion editor at Bride's magazine for five years. She is currently a fashion and decorating stylist, consultant, and writer for national magazines, and contributing editor at Bride's & Your New Home.

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ulle, satin and lace-mere yards of fabric to some, but to every bride are at the heart of a romantic dream -- her wedding dress."

So begins Maria McBride-Mellinger's paean to the wedding dress, illustrated celebration of this most glorious of dresses. A contributing editor at Bride's & Your New Home magazine, the author brings to this gorgeous volume an appreciation not only of style and fashion history, but also of the cultural and personal significance of the wedding gown.

No other garment is as imbued with symbolism and tradition as the wedding dress. From the earliest wedding ceremony, the bride has been dressed in the finest of clothes. Part I, The Wedding Dress in History, traces the development of wedding dresses from the gossamer white linen shifts worn by maidens in ancient Egypt to the delightful and varied creations favored by today's brides. Historical descriptions, vivid paintings, and fabulous photographs take the reader on a journey through wedding gow

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• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0679418849
• ISBN 13: 9780679418849
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 160