Victorian Wedding Dress in the United States: A History Through Paper Dolls - Softcover

Meehan, Norma Lu; Campbell, Mei

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0896726614 ISBN 13: 9780896726611

Publisher: Texas Tech University Press, 2009

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The truth about the white wedding dress

The American obsession with weddings and wedding gowns is evident at least as early as 1850, when the March issue of Godey’s Lady’s Book included a colored plate in its feature on bridal dress. Yet brides who feed the nation’s current obsession to the tune of more than $160 billion annually may be astonished to learn how much things have changed. Fashion illustrator Norma Lu Meehan and costume curator Mei Campbell draw upon collections at the Northern Indiana Center for History and the Museum of Texas Tech University to illuminate the evolution of wedding dress in the United States from 1859 to 1899. This exquisitely illustrated work situates the white wedding dress and current perceptions of tradition within a surprisingly varied and colorful history.

About the Author

NORMA LU MEEHAN, a fashion illustrator for forty years, called upon that experience when she began creating historic costume paper dolls in 1991. She lives in South Bend, Indiana, where she is a volunteer costume curator at the Northern Indiana Center for History. MEI CAMPBELL is curator of ethnology and textiles at the Museum of Texas Tech University and a member of the university's graduate faculty of the Center for Advanced Studies in Museum Science and Heritage Management. Since 2003, she has also served as adjunct professor at the Fu-Jen Catholic University in Taiwan. She lives near Lubbock, Texas.

Edition details

• Publisher: Texas Tech University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0896726614
• ISBN 13: 9780896726611
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 32