Wedding dress

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Wedding dress, worn with wedding hat (catalogued separately) A) Bird Cage wedding dress of white habutai silk, round neckline, unstructured silhouette, three-quarter length sleeves, center front closure with two oversized mother of pearl buttons, back with hand painted motif of bird cage front back neckline to walking-length hemline depicting two birds in elongated cage with an open door hanging from curved wire, unlined. Painting designed by Rodolfo Contreras, coat dress designed and made by Nicola Contreras. b) Slip dress of light blue-green silk charmeuse. Designed and made by Nicola Contreras.

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Contreras, Rodolfo; Contreras, Nicola & Katchine 1984.

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This physical object is part of the collection entitled: Texas Fashion Collection and was provided by the UNT College of Visual Arts + Design to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 17 times. More information about this object can be viewed below.

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Wedding dress, worn with wedding hat (catalogued separately)

A) Bird Cage wedding dress of white habutai silk, round neckline, unstructured silhouette, three-quarter length sleeves, center front closure with two oversized mother of pearl buttons, back with hand painted motif of bird cage front back neckline to walking-length hemline depicting two birds in elongated cage with an open door hanging from curved wire, unlined. Painting designed by Rodolfo Contreras, coat dress designed and made by Nicola Contreras.

b) Slip dress of light blue-green silk charmeuse. Designed and made by Nicola Contreras.

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From Nicola Contreras: I designed and made my wedding outfit and Rodolfo created the picture of a beautiful silver bird cage with some birds escaping, one of them onto the sleeve of the wild silk white coat. We decided on the colours together and a Japanese textile artist, Katchine, painted the silk before I sewed the coat. I made a satin silk slip dress to wear underneath, bought some lovely cream grosgrain shoes in Soho and ordered a huge white straw hat from Josephine Tripoli on the Upper East side, who trimmed the hat with bows made from the wild silk and straw ribbons. We bought the ring at Tiffany’s, inspired by the film with Audrey Hepburn ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’.
My outfit looked very chic and modern compared to the ‘Lady Di’ influence puffy outfits that had been around since Prince Charles and Lady Diana had got married in London in 1981. This outfit is now in the Texas Fashion Collection.
My sister worked as a picture editor in London and a friend of hers asked to feature our wedding in UK Brides Magazine, which was published Summer 1985.

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Texas Fashion Collection

The UNT Texas Fashion Collection is dedicated to the preservation and documentation of historically significant fashion, and serves as an educational and inspirational resource for students, researchers, and the general public. This vital resource is part of the UNT College of Visual Arts + Design.

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  • Feb. 10, 2023, 6:09 a.m.

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  • Jan. 2, 2024, 8:55 p.m.

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Contreras, Rodolfo; Contreras, Nicola & Katchine. Wedding dress, physical object, 1984; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc2048831/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT College of Visual Arts + Design.

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