Our vintage fashion exhibition Fancy Pants will look at themes of celebration in each of the three decades covered. For the 1920s we decided to focus on a wedding celebration. The County Costume Archives has some wonderful examples of 1920s wedding dresses that we had to narrow down to just a couple to show. We will also be looking at the wider wedding party and what would have also been worn by mothers, sisters, aunties and friends etc, as well as the blushing brides themselves.
Here's a selection of original 1920s wedding photos to give a flavour of a 1920s wedding and sets the scene for our big day when Fancy Pants opens!
Note the fashionable, daring shorter length of this wedding dress. This looks like a well-to-do young couple, check out the groom's shiny top hat and spats! The vignetting in the photo is a nice touch by the photographic studio too:
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These cheeky looking chaps are the groom and friends at a working class wedding in the 1920s. We love the jaunty angle of his bowler!
Here's a 1920s smart day dress and hat, just the job for a guest at a wedding:
This dapper nautical/sailor look for little boys and girls was very popular during the 1920s. This is Jo's great uncle Alf:
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