I’m quite sure I came across a website called Brides Against Breast Cancer, right after doing some research. For the first time ever, the iconic dress worn by Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O’Hara in the legendary film Gone With Wind, was put on community display at real History Museum of Los Angeles County as part of their Becoming Los Angeles exhibition.
Brides Photos were taken by Toyo Miyatake, fellow prisoner and famous photographer.
Gown was worn by Chiyomi Marumoto Ogawa and by 4 women who all resumed their lives in Pasadena after internment. Wedding endurance dress is a testament to a garment that, throughout years, has not lost its symbolic importance. One gown particularly stands out, while any dress comes with a special story about the bride’s wedding. Now let me tell you something. Part I. It’s complicated to imagine that before 1950 the bridal industry did not exist.
I Do! What growth is usually day a $ 70billion dollar industry was usually reflected at Pasadena Museum of History’s exhibition they Do! August marked second opening installment of the museum’s survey of wedding fashion. Part I presents dresses from roughly 1950 to the present, chosen for the way they define specific era styles, while Part we exhibited the most beautiful dresses between 1850 and 1950. Curator Ardis Willwerth reached out to bridal shops, designers and neighboring community, in order to look for the dresses. Besides, the exhibition sticks with themes throughout the decades, like royalty influence and film, growth of bridal the growth industry itself and more lately progression of ‘samesex’ marriage. For more information, call (‘7633466′ or visit elaborate gowns represent trends just like 1950s’ army style and preference for synthetic fabrics, 1970s’ mini dresses, and the vast sleeves and elaborate embellishments famous in the 1980s.