Collection
Brief description
Full-length cream silk wedding dress with side zip . Ruched and pleated shoulders with rest of bodice of decorative cream lace. 2 more wide bands of cream lace on skirt. Long sleeves gathered at wrists - each wrist has a popper fastening. Silk tie at waist [to fasten at back]. Neckline almost square but with small point centre front. Fully lined with both a layer of silk and a layer of net. Worn by Sheila Frances Hilton, aged 20, at her wedding to Derek Etheridge [from Waltham Cross] on 23rd March 1953.
Object number
EPPMS.2024.37
Object name
Wedding dress
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