From the simple to the stunning, Love is: Australian Wedding Fashion features more than 50 wedding outfits plus accessories covering nearly 200 years of Australian weddings including the gown of Mrs Anne Marsden, wife of Rev Thomas Hassall, our namesake.
The exhibition at the Powerhouse Museum includes Australia’s first surviving wedding dress from 1822, gold rush fashions, elegant 1920s gowns, unconventional sixties styles and spectacular contemporary designer fashion, as well as garments reflecting Australia’s culturally diverse communities. Memorabilia, photographs and letters reveal the stories and traditions behind the outfits within the context of the social, economic and political changes in Australian society.
The exhibition is on display until 22 April 2018. Please let us know if you visit and take a photo of yourself with Anne - we will publish it in the newsletter! [email protected]
