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| 1950s custom made dress, Sarara Vintage shop/Shary Connella image. |
The Edwardian:
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| Circa 1901 Irish Crochet Dress, Charles Whitaker Auction Company image. |
I am a fan of the Edwardian tea dress or Irish crochet dress, if it is well made and in good condition. It affords a sort of easy cotton beach or outdoor wedding look. I just saw a wonderful crochet version at auction which I literally almost grabbed for the shop, but the price went a tad higher than I did! See the auction image above. With the quality crochet and hand made gowns expect to pay a little more. A tea dress in good condition can be found for around 200-850. If it is Battenburg lace the price goes up from there. Good sources include Vintage Textile. Vintage Textile has quality pieces at higher prices.
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| Edwardian tea dress, pristine condition. For sale at Sarara Vintage Bridal. |
If you love the hippie look a Gunnie Sax dress by Jessica McClintock, from the 70s could work or a vintage white Mexican embroidered dress. Both of these are more casual. Take care and try to choose a design with little less to it, these can go really bad very quickly!
The Flapper, The 20s and the 30s:
The flapper wedding dress is short with a drop waist and can be beaded and really very much what we think of in terms of the things they would have worn out to dance. The 20s dress can be a simple cream dress such as the one below-sort of a shorter version of the cotton tea dress. Another choice would be the late 20s gown, a long liquid satin dress which extends into the 1930s and changes design slightly. I would recommend Emmeline Chic and Dear Golden for vintage 20s-30s wedding dresses.
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| 1920s dress, Emmeline Chic image. rights reserved. Available here. |
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| 1930s Dress, Dear Golden Bridal Shop. Image by Dear Golden |
I am a huge fan of the liquid satin gowns of the late 20s and 30s. You will have more luck finding the ones from the 30s such as the example above.
The 1940s Gal:
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| 1940s Wedding dress, Sarara Vintage Bridal, Shary Connella image. |
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| 1940s liquid satin dress, Sarara Vintage/Shary Connella image. |
A 40s dress can be found easily at Fab Gabs who also has a great selection of 30s and 50s-60s available.
The 50s Bombshell or Prom Queen:
1950s body conscious looks aka something Marilyn would have worn in cream or white can be found if you don't want a ball gown or traditional style. Look for a white or cream Ceil Chapman like the one below.
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| Ceil Chapman vintage dress, via Antique Dress- click here. |
The bits of tulle heaven! Tulle dresses were designed for proms, coming out parties, and weddings in the 1950s. The first image on the post is an example of the most lush custom 50s ball gown I have owned. I used to say there can be too much tulle, I now know I was wrong. I say if that is the look you are going for --just do it. The one from the shop, seen in the image below, sold to a collector before I could even list it! Alfred Angelo's 1950s wedding dresses are also a good example of the ball gown as a wedding dress. You can search under vintage 50s Edythe Vincent for Alfred Angelo. I have one listed on etsy Grace Kelly's wedding dress she wore in 1956, really is the best of both worlds.
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| 1950s Christian Dior Gown, Sold via Antique Clothing. Image by Antique Clothing. |
The Sleek 60s or Mod Maven on Mad Men:
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| 1960s Lace Wedding Dress, Handmade by Seamstress. sold. Sarara Vintage dress. Shary Connella image. |
I find the 60s dresses a little refreshing. You can find a straight clean cut or shorter mod short versions. Strapless and tank styles. The one above is an alternative color and style. It can be used for an event or wedding. There are those with a bit of lace and others with embroidered details. Audrey Hepburn did the mod maven best- in her 1960s wedding dress. It was very similar to the one offered below.
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| Go Go Vintage Dress, image by gogovintage etsy. |
More online shops for vintage bridal gowns:
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