crochet dresses for ladies BLUE Long Dress, XL / BLUE Avoid bleach and tumble drying Crochet Dress Pattern - Discovery

Mary's choice of a white wedding dress was an unusual one, particularly as white was more traditionally worn by royal ladies when they were in dieul blanc mourning but in this as in other things the strong willed Mary may well have been an innovator, keen to not just impress her own taste on her wedding day (after all, she hadn't been allowed the privilege of choosing her groom) but also emphasise her virginity and show off her famously pale redheaded beauty, which would have been accentuated by a pure white dress

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A sort of Trinny and Susannah for the sewing world

Colleens gingham dress (right) has a white-eyelet front panel edged with a ruffle and grosgrain ribbon