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Each piece is made to order and crafted with approximately 40 hours of artisan workmanship (plus size +1020 hours)

Satin Mother of the Bride Dresses offer glossy sophistication, while Crepe Mother of the Bride Dresses provide structured matte elegance often seen in a refined Black Mother of the Bride Gown

"As artistic depictions of wealthy Belle Epoque women showed them in fashionable black reception dresses and luxurious evening gowns, the urban working woman was adopting her own simple black dress, in coarse matte fabrics - a style soon to be appropriated by Chanel." But before then, the death of King Edward VII in 1910, brought a further rush for funeral wear, including that year's "Black Ascot" which inspired many later designers

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