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Date: 1954-01-01

Photograph of Mary Lee Hartzell, VC Class of 1953, in her wedding dress for her wedding in 1954

Date: 1929-01-01

Full length photograph of Leontine Kennedy McPhillips, VC Class of 1926, in her wedding gown, for her wedding in 1929

Date: 1913

Dress of cream silk with net and lace; bodice of cream cotton net with a draped overlay of lace; six small decorative rhinestones down center front of bodice; cream silk satin embellishment at center front above waist with two small rhinestone…

Creator: Macy's

Date: 1940

Synthetic ivory material wedding dress, with fitted cummerbund waist and skirt with a train.; Ivory synthetic floor-length wedding dress. A fitted bodice and modified sweetheart neckline with eyelet cutwork, decorated by cotton braid. Cummerbund…

Date: 1990 (circa)

Synthetic satin wedding dress with plastic sequin detailing.; Cream synthetic satin wedding dress, with decorative synthetic lace, clear iridescent sequins, and pearl beads. Sweetheart neckline, strapless. Column style, floor-length gown. Matching…

Floor-length cream wedding dress with lace detailing and pearl beading.; Cream-colored wedding dress. Flowery lace detailing along the bodice at the neckline. Pearl beading at flower centers. Matching veil made of tulle and synthetic satin.

Date: 2013-05-23 to 2013-06-09

The spring 2013 historic clothing exhibition at Vassar College was entitled "For Better and For Worse: Sixteen Decades of Wedding Wear at Vassar," and was curated by Arden Kirkland (VC Class of 1993) and Faculty Emeritus Holly K. Hummel,

In 2007,…

Date: 1913-06-30

A photograph of Dorothy "Dar" Titus Webb (VC Class of 1913) in her wedding dress and veil, worn for her wedding on June 30, 1913. She was the first of her class to marry, the first to have a baby, and is the namesake of Dorothy (Dar) Titus Webb, VC…

Date: 1998-12-17

A photograph of Dorothy "Dar" Titus Webb (VC Class of 1968) who married her partner in life, Clint Page, on December 17, 1998, after 20 years together. She "broke out" her favorite khaki slacks for the occasion, rather than wear blue jeans.

Date: 1977-05-07

A photograph of Elaine De Maris Beguin Panitz and her husband Fred Panitz on their wedding day, May 7, 1977.

Creator: Emily O'Donnell

Date: 2012-07-14

A photograph of the wedding party of Karen Adams (VC Class of 2003) and her husband. Included is Ellen Adams (VC Class of 1998), her sister, who made her wedding dress.

Creator: Emily O'Donnell

Date: 2012-07-14

A photograph of Karen Adams (VC Class of 2003) in her wedding dress, made by her sister from a 1780's pattern for their Bastille Day wedding.

Creator: Emily O'Donnell

Date: 2012-07-14

A photograph of Karen Adams (VC Class of 2003) in her wedding dress, made by her sister from a 1780's pattern for their Bastille Day wedding.

Creator: Emily O'Donnell

Date: 2012-07-14

A photograph of Karen Adams (VC Class of 2003) in her wedding dress, made by her sister from a 1780's pattern for their Bastille Day wedding.

Date: 1956-11-01

A photograph of Karin Chapman Bond (VC Class of 1953) in her wedding dress and veil, posing with her father, John Chapman. She chose a simple dress to balance the elaborate headpiece and veil she was loaned by a friend.