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This beautiful 50s couple, Peggy and Don, married in Milton, Massachusetts,USA in the June of 1957. They held their reception at the historic Toll House Inn in Whitman, on a day the bride describes as “a highlight of my life”.
The bride wore a white peau de soie (fine satin) gown with scoop neckline and [...]
Elizabeth Taylor’s first marriage was to Conrad “Nicky” Hilton (Paris’s great-grandfather) in 1950. The marriage wasn’t a happy one, but gosh, her wedding dress was stunning!
The costumiers at Elizabeth’s studio MGM designed both the gown and her honeymoon outfits. The wedding gown alone was reportedly worth $1,500. It featured a deep organza yoke, with [...]
I recently found the amazing 1950s archive by Strands Studio of Rugby, North Dakota. These are just some of their wonderful brides, and I’m hoping to share more as the prints come online.
The studio was founded in 1948 by husband and wife, Curtis and Maxine Strand. The couple ran their business from their home until the [...]
This gorgeous photograph of the bride, Anita’s arrival was taken in Chicago in 1958. It was sent to the bride’s sister in California as she and her family couldn’t travel across America for the wedding.
Glamorous “Aunt Nita” was the youngest girl in a family of 9 brothers and sisters. Her marriage to Uncle Bud [...]
These beautiful photographs are of the wedding of William Franz and Beverly Hoff. They married in the June of 1954 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA.
Ms. Hoff’s amazing gown featured a three tiered full skirt of net and machine embroidered lace, with a bold scalloped edge. The same lace was used in her fitted short-sleeved [...]
Two Christian Dior silhouettes dominated the early 1950s following the succes of his 1947 “New Look” collection. This gorgeous gala evening gown from his 1951 collection illustrates his full-skirted, tightly bodiced silhouette beautifully. (I will post on his leaner, sheath silhouette shortly!)
This gown features a boned, strapless bodice. The outside layer of the bodice [...]
This wonderful bride, Gloria, held her garden wedding on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in May 1953. Her striking dress, perfect for a Southern spring day, featured short kimono sleeves and a deep v-neckline.
The bride complemented the stand-up collar of her gown with two strands of classic white pearls. Her shoulder length veil was [...]
This glamorous 1950s bride was just 18 years old when she married in the February of 1951. Her wedding was in her home town of Newberry, South Carolina, USA, where she continued to live and raise her family.
The bride chose a satin gown with an off the shoulder, “scarf” collar and deep lace insert. [...]
These beautiful photographs are from the Paswinski wedding in February 1954. The bride and groom married in St Francis church in Northwest Indiana, USA, and may have also held their reception in the church hall.
The bride wore a full length dress with a delicate lace overlay. The lace over-bodice featured a V neckline and [...]
Actress Jean Seberg first married in 1958 to François Moreuil, a French movie director. A year later, Jean’s breakthrough role as “Patricia” in Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless hit international screens.
Although the marriage to Moreuil was not a happy one, we think that these photographs of Jean’s preparations and big day are [...]
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