Collection item
Wedding gown with 16-gore skirt & train
Norma Evans made her exceptionally well-made wedding gown for her own marriage to returned serviceman Bob Evans on 24 April 1946 at St Luke's Church, Oamaru. "It was the nicest I could make" she recalls. It was worn with a single string of pearls, drop earrings, and a veil which are all in Rotorua Museum’s collection, along with the white prayer book she carried.
Details
Credit:
Images courtesy of Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa (1996.22.489)
Copyright:
Image © Rotorua Museum Te Whare Taonga o Te Arawa
Maker:
Norma Evans
Manufacturing location:
Kurow, North Otago
Garment type:
Wedding dress
Material:
Satin
Features:
This wedding gown features an elegant 16-gore skirt which fans to a wide circle and forms a train. The bodice, which has a gathering motif, has a scalloped V neckline and the long sleeves with wide shoulders and intricate gathering detail supported by canvas shoulder pads and wading. The back of the bodice has a waistline V from which the panels of the skirt fall. All edges are scalloped and defined with topstitching.
Colour:
Ivory
Date:
1946