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This layered, ruffled, feathered, embroidered, appliquéd and lace trimmed wedding dress was worn by a New Zealand bride, 26 year old Tui McKinnon, to her June 1920 wedding. ⁠ ⁠ The dress was custom made by a high-end department store in Dunedin. It's a fascinating mix of Edwardian detailing, texture and layering, with the sweetness we so often see in early ’20s dress, and a willingness to experiment with materials and silhouette that characterised more avant garde ‘teens and ’20s fashion.⁠ ⁠ One very interesting feature to point out is the raised waistline. The fashionable waist level in the late 1910s was all over the place: at the natural waist, dropped, very dropped, and raised. There was even was a brief return of the fashion for empire waistlines in the early 20s, as this dress demonstrates.⁠ ⁠ Wedding dress, Drapery Supply Association, 1920, Dunedin, Silk with feather and metallic thread trims and metal fastenings, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, PC003279, Gift of Mrs Tui Preston, 1984⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #1910sdress #1910sfashion #1910sweddingdress #historicalweddingdress #edwardianweddingdress #thedreamstress