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Title: Wedding Dress for a Highland Bride, c. 1785
Post by: groomporter on January 13, 2017, 11:20:40 AM
It's later than Renaissance obviously, but figured it might be of interest

http://twonerdyhistorygirls.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-rare-wedding-dress-for-highland-bride.html (http://twonerdyhistorygirls.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-rare-wedding-dress-for-highland-bride.html)

http://www.nwta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/541highd.pdf (http://www.nwta.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/541highd.pdf)

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sokgb8zj0WA/VCn1Xte-LOI/AAAAAAAAE3k/Fh9DC_7D_Hc/s1600/fraser%2Bwedding%2Bdress.jpg)
Title: Re: Wedding Dress for a Highland Bride, c. 1785
Post by: George1975 on January 28, 2017, 03:48:43 AM
It's beautiful! I like that it's quite simple.
And I just love this little sentimental story:

QuoteThe true story of Isabella MacTavish's wedding dress may be lost, but how easy it is to image a grandmother reverently bringing out this MacTavish clan tartan that she'd hidden nearly forty years earlier, and giving it to the bride for her wedding dress – a dress that would have symbolized love, and so much more.
Title: Re: Wedding Dress for a Highland Bride, c. 1785
Post by: Hausfrau Monica on January 28, 2017, 10:11:58 AM
That's gorgeous! I'd love to have something similar in our Maxwell tartan for the highland festivals we attend.