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Introduction -- Grand occasions -- A Royal Wedding: Princess Charlotte and King George II -- The bride wore pink -- The bride wore blue -- The bride wore white -- And the groom? -- A wedding feast -- A regency bride -- Fine lace -- A december wedding -- A royal wedding: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert -- The coming of the Crinoline -- A lace-maker wedding -- A marriage in High Life -- Bridal bouquets -- The wedding cake -- The photographer's studio -- Brave new colours -- A Victorian Trousseau -- The wedding breakfast, Victorian Style -- A youthful bride -- Working brides -- Victorian wedding favours and ephemera -- Trains and drapery -- Sumptuous silks -- A literary influence weddings of the 1890s -- Edwardian trousseaux floral luxury -- The wedding breakfast -- Edwardian style -- Two Edwardian weddings -- Swansong married in khaki -- War and peace -- The royal weddings -- A suffolk bride -- Petals and tassels young attendants -- A North Country bride -- The economics of the Bottom Drawer -- Trousseaux, 1920's and 30's -- Sylphs & Madonnas -- The practical bride -- High sheen satins -- Ingenuity and improvisation -- Leave permitting -- Demobilisation -- trousseaux, 1940s and '50s business as usual -- The return of glamour -- The end is the beginning -- Flower power -- Select bibliography -- List of plates -- Index.