1920’s and 1930s Wedding Dresses
1920s and 1930s style wedding dresses will most often be “inspired by” as our sartorial tastes have changed over the last century, unsurprisingly. While I love to look back on details of the 1920s and 1930s for inspiration, contemporary replica dresses can seem somewhat unflattering on a modern figure, and so a bespoke wedding dress design can fuse all of the magical elements from a past era to transform into a perfect vintage Art Deco (and beyond) style wedding dress that suits your figure perfectly too.
Key features of 20’s inspired dresses
Key features of a 1920s wedding dress are decadent and sparkling bead and sequin embroidery designs in chevron, sunburst and shell motifs, feathers, fringing and scalloped skirt hemlines which might have belonged to a flapper girl or a character from The Great Gatsby. Looser and sleeker fits, dropped waistlines lines, and higher hemlines, deep and plunging v-necks and draped cowl necks.
Many of my Made to measure collection designs are inspired by the 1920s and 1930s wedding dress styles. You can find them here.
Bespoke 1920’s inspired Wedding dresses:
Key features of 30’s inspired dresses
A 1930s wedding dress is mostly influenced by the opulence and glamour of Hollywood at the time, and style icons such as Jean Harlow and Greta Garbo. The silhouette is long with broad shoulders, padded or puffed. Bias draped satin fabrics skimming the body, and the focus is more on creating shapes on the body with flattering cuts and twists of fabric and appliqued lace, which is different to the extravagance of the 1920s wedding dress style. When creating a bespoke wedding dress design you can adopt any of these 1920s and 1930s style elements to create a modern wedding dress design with nostalgic elements from your favourite era.
Bespoke 1930s inspired wedding dresses:
If you would like to commission a bespoke wedding dress inspired by a vintage wedding dress style, please get in touch to discuss your dream dress design.
Key features of 40’s inspired dresses
A 1940’s wedding dress will most likely feature a neat bodice and skirt with some statement sleeves, with gathered shoulders or interesting pleats that are full over the upper arm, and narrow at the forearm or cuff.
A bodice would likely be slim, like a corselette with pleated fabric, or sweet and neat blouse-type flourishes - Think Princess seams, button-down front, breast pockets, gathers and pleats, and subtle texture. Modern re-creations of this style might be further embellished with textured bead embroidery - I love, for example the designs of Miriam Haskell a popular jewelry designer of the 1940’s.
