Wedding dress of Wallis Warfield
Dress worn by Wallis Warfield at her wedding to Prince Edward in 1937
On the event of her wedding to Edward, Duke of Windsor on 3 June 1937 at the Château de Candé, Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (then known as Wallis Warfield[1][2]) wore a nipped-at-the-waist dress created by Mainbocher in what was termed her signature colour of "Wallis blue" reportedly to match her eyes. Her co-ordinating blue straw hat, by Caroline Reboux, had a halo effect with pale blue tulle and her matching gloves were created from the same blue silk crepe as her dress.[3][4]
In 1950, Wallis presented the dress to the Metropolitan Museum.[5] More than 25 years after the wedding, it was still regarded as "one of the most photographed, most copied dresses of modern times".[6][7][8]
See also
- Lobster dress, part of Wallis's wedding trousseau
- List of individual dresses
References
- ^ "Duke Awaiting His Wedding Day". Waycross Journal-Herald. 11 May 1937. p. 1. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ^ "Jun 1937 - Marriage of H.R.H. the Duke of Windsor to Mrs. Wallis Warfield". Keesing's. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
- ^ "The Duke of Windsor's wedding". The Guardian. 4 June 2009. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ^ Trevelyan, Laura (31 March 2011). "Wallis and Edward: An understated wedding for a controversial couple". BBC America. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ^ Associated Press (12 December 1950). "Duchess Presents 'Wallis Blue' Bridal Dress To Museum". Toledo Blade. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ^ Miller, Joy (1 June 1962). "One Wedding Gown Began A New Trend in Design". The Owosso Argus-Press. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ^ Miller, Joy (1 June 1962). "Famous Gown Is 25 Years Old". Reading Eagle. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
- ^ Miller, Joy (2 June 1962). "Most Copied Dress Still Talk Piece". The Portsmouth Times. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
External links
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions; Duchess of Windsor Wedding Dress
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Wedding dresses worn at British royal weddings
- Princess Charlotte of Wales (1816)
- Queen Victoria (1840)
- Victoria, Princess Royal (1858)
- Princess Alice (1862)
- Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1863)
- Princess Helena (1866)
- Princess Louise (1871)
- Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (1879)
- Princess Helen of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1882)
- Princess Beatrice (1885)
- Princess Louise of Wales (1889)
- Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1891)
- Princess Victoria Mary of Teck (1893)
- Princess Maud of Wales (1896)
- Princess Alice of Albany (1904)
- Princess Margaret of Connaught (1905)
- Princess Alexandra (1913)
- Princess Patricia of Connaught (1919)
- Princess Mary (1922)
- Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1923)
- Princess Maud (1923)
- Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark (1934)
- Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott (1935)
- Wallis Warfield (1937)
- Princess Elizabeth (1947)
- Princess Margaret (1960)
- Katharine Worsley (1961)
- Princess Alexandra of Kent (1963)
- Birgitte van Deurs Henriksen (1972)
- Princess Anne (1973)
- Baroness Marie Christine von Reibnitz (1978)
- Lady Diana Spencer (1981)
- Sarah Ferguson (1986)
- Anne, Princess Royal (1992)
- Sophie Rhys-Jones (1999)
- Camilla Parker Bowles (2005)
- Catherine Middleton (2011)
- Meghan Markle (2018)
- Princess Eugenie of York (2018)
- Princess Beatrice of York (2020)