What will she wear?

Time is running out to enjoy the special display celebrating the Royal weddings of 2011 at Bath & North East Somerset Council's Fashion Museum.
Over 30 of the Fashion Museum's most exquisite cream, ivory and finest white wedding dresses are on show at the 'What will she wear? The enduring romance of the wedding dress' exhibition until Sunday 8 January 2012. Many of the exhibits are over 100 years old, featuring delicate silks with gossamer fine lace and embroidery, all carefully hand-picked for the unique display.
Councillor Cherry Beath (Lib-Dem, Combe Down), Cabinet Member for Sustainable Development, said: "This year's Royal weddings gave us the perfect opportunity to share the riches of the Fashion Museum's collection of wedding dresses with our visitors. Bath & North East Somerset Council encourages anyone who hasn't yet seen this wonderful array of beautiful gowns to come along to its Fashion Museum by Sunday 8 January to enjoy the richness and variety of the white wedding dress through the ages, as well as the enduring romance of the traditional style. With 2012 being a leap year, this could be the perfect inspiration for any woman planning to pop the question on February 29!"
The 'What will she wear?' exhibition includes wedding dresses lovingly made of the finest silks brocaded with metal thread, lustrous silk satins and even crisp white nylons. Some of the dresses are decorated with ribbons and bows, others with cascades of antique lace and some are just simply beautiful in their pared-down classical elegance.
White has been the colour most associated with wedding dress in western cultures for well over 200 years and the exhibition presents historical examples dating back to the early 19th century. The most up to date wedding dress in the exhibition is a white lace dress, with an asymmetric hem by designer Alexander McQueen, worn in summer 2010 and especially lent to the Fashion Museum for the display.
The display also includes a selection of framed sepia photographs, all part of a previously unseen archive collection of 1930s cheap wedding dresses by the Paris couture house of Worth.