The Wedding Dress: 300 Years of Bridal Fashions Paperback – June 10, 2014

I thoroughly enjoyed this book.It is well organized and well put together. I enjoyed how the book is broken up and the history behind the wedding dresses. They had some very old examples which I loved many the books stated were in a very fragile state. I enjoyed seeing the older dresses because this would be the only way I could see them. While I did love the older examples the author did pick out some of the more interesting new more modern examples as well. They went into how the shapes and hemlines to fabric choices changed depending on your station in life or just the fashion trends at the time. Some of the dresses they did know the owners so to hear about them was very interesting.There are several detailed pictures in the book which I enjoy because you can see the wonderful craftsmanship that went into producing a dress. To show you how times have changed from the late 1800's to the early 1900's there was a section in this book where they were speaking about a woman who because she was 35 (she felt to old to wear white and a tradition wedding dress) because to get married I. Your mid 30's now I don't think anyone really bats an eye, so this book gave some nice historical perspective. The book is British based as many of the examples come from the Victoria and Albert museum collection which doesn't deflect from the beauty of the dresses for me but for dorm it may be important. The pictures are clear there is a nice balance between the pictures and the written content, and the written content was very valuable to expandeing the understanding about the images on each of the pages.If you can get a copy I would highly suggest you nab one :)

The seller deserves five stars as this heavy paperback came right on time and in excellent condition, better than described. As for the book itself I knew what to expect, having spent time with a copy from the library. This is as close as I have been able to get to the V&A's wedding gown collection. While it covers 300 years, my interest is in the first 275 of those years and I am thrilled to have all the photos of vintage bridal attire, along with an elegant, learned text. So another five stars for the book itself. My thanks to all involved.

Love this book. But There are some pages that are a bit random and weird.

I bought this hoping for a book with lots of good quality pictures of wedding dresses for inspiration. This didn't really deliver. It talks about the history and such, but I didn't want something that discusses that. The few pictures it does include are decent, although the single photo of Princess Diana's dress was not very good quality. I won't be returning it, it wasn't that bad, but I am still searching for a book that has more good quality photos.

A high quality book with excellent photographs. The book is more than just a picture book of fashion changes of wedding dresses, it delves into another aspect of our historical adventure. Who would imagine that wedding dresses could tell you so much about historical life, customs and everyday views? An interesting waltz through aspects of political and daily life affecting the wedding dress and its function and how important it became as symbolism for both rich and poor.

Very nice to give new bride to be.

An investment piece. This is a must have for your fashion book collection.

Its an excellent book. A lot of really great reading and the pictures are great coming from that time. It was delieved neat and on time. Very happy

This is a beautiful book i have been after this for some time,the illustrations and pictures with the information are just so brilliant i can not put it in words,i have a real interest in fashion and have often wondered how and why the wedding dress came about and what the history is,this shows some of the earliest wedding dresses and how the colour's were used and how we reached the white wedding dress,this is a very informative book with some very nice photos of dresses,this is a lovely book would be great for anyone who was doing a history project it would be of great help,well worth owning.

Beautiful book.

Fascinating - I thought the book really supplemented the exhibition at the V&A museum. It has detailed text and is set out in a manner covering the history in a fluid and overlapping way which I thought was very pertinent for the subject. Informative and enjoyable - but I do like reading about bridal fashions. I think bridal fashion pinpoints fashion influences in a very unique way.

Bought this for a friend who is a dress maker and she loves it and mentions the book every time we meet.

A beautiful book with stunning ilustrations - bought this as a prsent for my sister on her birthday - but like it so much I might keep it!