WOMEN IN WHITE
WEDDING DRESSES IN THE COLLECTION OF THE MUSEUM OF COSTUME
October 2007 – February 2008
Along the history of the different cultures the wedding dress has shown a wide diversity in shapes and styles, following the evolution of fashion itself. Designed for a single, brief moment, it has been influenced by the social and technological changes, also acting as testing field, in which many formal innovations have developed.
In the past, the wedding dress was handmade. This situation changed when the designers and their brands started to be famous and got settled in the market. This structure would live with the haute couture and fall, giving way to a specialization in the field, to the industrialization of production and finally to the role Spain plays in this fashion sector.
The Museum of Costume owns a wide collection of wedding dresses from the XIX, XX and XXI centuries, mostly received as donations along the life of this institution.
With the aim to diffuse the history of fashion in Spain by means of the wedding dress and some pieces of international brands the Museum of Costume presents Women in White, thirty five dresses of the XIX and XX centuries and a video showing the pieces which cannot be on show due to the lack of space.
Exhibition organized by the Dept. of Fine Arts, Ministry of Culture
Curators:
Carmen Pérez de Andrés, Assistant Director of the Museo del Traje. CIPE
Concha Herranz Rodríguez, Curator at the Museo del Traje. CIPE
