tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114307744147144762.post8508696145923228044..comments2023-07-08T06:45:37.946-06:00Comments on Penrose Mornings: Blood Family Blog: Vintage Wedding Dress 1898Dwighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06174492647465668322noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114307744147144762.post-29595114826689367922008-06-02T11:30:00.000-06:002008-06-02T11:30:00.000-06:00Grandma and Grandpa waited so long to get married ...Grandma and Grandpa waited so long to get married - Grandpa was 26, soon to be 27, and Grandma was 26. Times were tough. I also remember a black dress that was hers that I got to model for a fashion show the year that I was in the 8th grade. (There was also a wonderful black hat that went with the dress.) The dress was too short for me, because I was taller than Grandma by then; wish I knew what happened to that dress. It was one that she wore to Church because it wouldn't show the dirt and was more practical. Grandma loved beautiful things, but she did not like "fakes". She always said she would rather have nothing than to have a fake.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14728351230605312730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4114307744147144762.post-25984816185396620632008-06-02T10:32:00.000-06:002008-06-02T10:32:00.000-06:00What a huge amount of work must have gone into thi...What a huge amount of work must have gone into this dress. It is a beautiful example of the style of the times, and grandma's gracious way of dressing. When I think of her pioneer way of dressing in Penrose, I wonder if she ever longed for the finer clothes she once wore. When I compare the way this dress has kept with the way Mother's (Minnie's) dress posted earlier on the blog has kept, there was definitely something to be said for cotton, and cotton type fabrics, as opposed to silk or the early rayons.Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652616779595499610noreply@blogger.com