09-03-2012, 04:35 AM
how lovely!
A stunning Edwardian wedding dress is about to be auctioned after being kept in pristine condition by the bride's family for more than a century.
But while it may have survived being bombed twice by the Luftwaffe and 104 years in storage unscathed, it appears the changing shape of modern women could mean the magnificent wedding dress is never again worn down the aisle.
The delicate Brussels lace was worn by petite Ethel Dalziel when she married Ronald Cooper in Glasgow, and is smaller than today's UK size 4.
Over a century after it was worn the size of the average bride has grown so much it could almost certainly never fit a bride today.
It is being sold by Ethel's granddaughter and amazingly the Brussels' lace frock comes with the original satin shoes, which are a Size 1.
All the accompanying accessories have incredibly remained with the dress, carefully looked after by the family.
Ethel's family moved to London during World War II where they were unluckily twice bombed out of their homes in Cheam and Enfield.
It also comes with a pair of cream ribbed lace-effect stockings, orange blossom wax headdress and a full length veil.
granddaughter: 'I remember my grandmother as having an air of authoruty and a rather pompous Glaswegian accent.
'She settled in Bayswater and had a fixation about spies and would look out of the window with her opera glasses."
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daily mail
A stunning Edwardian wedding dress is about to be auctioned after being kept in pristine condition by the bride's family for more than a century.
But while it may have survived being bombed twice by the Luftwaffe and 104 years in storage unscathed, it appears the changing shape of modern women could mean the magnificent wedding dress is never again worn down the aisle.
The delicate Brussels lace was worn by petite Ethel Dalziel when she married Ronald Cooper in Glasgow, and is smaller than today's UK size 4.
Over a century after it was worn the size of the average bride has grown so much it could almost certainly never fit a bride today.
It is being sold by Ethel's granddaughter and amazingly the Brussels' lace frock comes with the original satin shoes, which are a Size 1.
All the accompanying accessories have incredibly remained with the dress, carefully looked after by the family.
Ethel's family moved to London during World War II where they were unluckily twice bombed out of their homes in Cheam and Enfield.
It also comes with a pair of cream ribbed lace-effect stockings, orange blossom wax headdress and a full length veil.
granddaughter: 'I remember my grandmother as having an air of authoruty and a rather pompous Glaswegian accent.
'She settled in Bayswater and had a fixation about spies and would look out of the window with her opera glasses."
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