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These do not compromise the structural integrity of the dress

If your dress is simpler, you have room for more glamorous accessories like statement earrings or a metallic clutch

Meet the seller Katie Netherlands Active 9 weeks ago

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I hand basted all but the lining together with long running stitches to keep them from shifting as I sewed

This is thought to be in part because she was often in mourning for either her father-in-law, mother, husband, or second husband, and in part that she looked very good in white (and apparently wanted to marry her first husband Francis in it, during a time when white was not commonly worn in weddings, red being the preferred choice, long before she entered her period of mourning)