​In their review of modern 
Wedding Gown history, many have noted that the era of the best weddings in the world began with the iconic, elegant weddings of Jacqueline Bouvier in a floor length ballgown with simple train designed by Oleg Cassini in 1953, Audrey Hepburn in a tea length gown in 1954 and Princess Grace in a lace-buttoned sheath in 1956, many designs created by Oleg Cassini.  

These images launched our taste for modern elegance and simplicity in wedding attire, and led to our universal love of such modern classics as the A-line silhouette, the Camelot dropped waistline, Asymmetrical, One-Shoulder, Grecian, Empire, Halter, Sheath, Backless, Ruffle, Bow, Ribbon, Mermaid, Corset, Pick-up, Bustle, Sash or Strapless gown with specific neckline details of the Sweetheart, Bateau Neck, Notch, Collar and Cuff styled gowns. 

Whatever the skirt shape, from voluminous to a delicate flowing Empire, the neckline, and what encircles it, is the element of the dress that draws the eye toward the face of the leading lady.  

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Those who study royal wedding history have noted that Queen Victoria’s gown in 1840 is referenced as the royal wedding dress that popularized the color "white."  The choice of white goes back to Roman and Grecian times, representing purity.  Queen Victoria’s white satin ball gown with lace overlay skirt and 18 foot train adorned with fresh, fragrant orange blossoms, which she also had in her hair, became the style in the mid 19th century.  The significance of wearing white became an extravagant gesture, and created the need for a special, one-time-only symbolic and treasured keepsake that the wedding dress became. 

The Edwardian Age followed the Victoria Age, and was named for the charming and fun loving Prince Edward, who came to the throne in 1901.  Linked with the French ‘Belle Epoque’ period, this time is often referred to as a romantic golden age of long, sunlit afternoons, garden parties, big hats and a time of elegance and beauty just prior to the Great War.

Whether the royal wedding was lavished with a traditional full length gown and court train embellished with cloche style lace headdress as seen in the 1936 Wedding of Queen Elizabeth, The Queen Mother, or with 10,000 pearls and a record 15 foot silk tulle train adorned by her mother’s diamond tiara as seen in the 1947 Wedding of Princess Elizabeth, wedding traditions have been embellished by lavish tiaras and trains, capes, shawls, stoles and mantillas over the ages.

As America has followed Europe, our taste in wedding attire has been influenced by the famous royal weddings of England, France, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Greece or Portugal - traditions that have constantly been set…and reset…according to one's personal sense of beauty.

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