Vintage Wedding Dresses Coming This Week

These vintage wedding dresses are all coming to the online shop this week!  I love how pretty these are hanging on the old brass garment rack, but I am definitely in need of some appropriate hangers, I just can't seem to find the perfect ones.  Maybe I'll have to do a post with a reader vote for the hanger choice, what do you think?

 

Once In a Blue Moon

This rarely happens to vintage shop owners, but when it does it is VERY exciting...A few years ago there was a beautiful 70's gown that I used in a photo shoot and sold quickly thereafter.  It was featured in Vintage Indie's Wedding Guide and I have gotten countless emails over the years about this dress.  Recently, I stumbled upon the exact same dress on one of my buying trips.  It actually had burgundy ribbon instead of the blue in the first photo, but I removed it.  This is the perfect dress for a vintage style wedding! Now available in the Shop.

1915 Wedding Dress

I found this wedding dress awhile back and after multiple cleanings I was able to restore it to a brilliant white.  What is so special about this dress is that it included the veil, millinery flowers and a handwritten note that said "This is Mother's wedding dress, veil and accessories..." and went on to say the names of the bride and groom.    This dress is absolutely beautiful and is almost 100 years old!  I am amazed at the durability of this dress, it has no holes or tears and I was able to handle it extensively and it has still retained it's strength.  Another neat thing is that due to the type of fabric, it can be worn two different ways.  The original style is the high neckline as shown in the first two photos, but I can also imagine this dress being worn backwards as I have shown in the third photo, for a completely different look.  For more info on this dress, refer to the listing.

Pretty dresses coming soon...

I wanted to share a few items that are coming soon (in the next day or two) to the online shop.  I'm really excited about this 50's tulle wedding dress in the first photo!  Also, some other lovely 

summery dresses! Let me know if there is just something you can't wait a few days for.

A Dreamy Vintage Wedding in Venice

When I package up a wedding dress and send it off, I feel so excited and I dream of the pretty lady that will be wearing it on her special day.  Though never in my dreams have I imagined a bride looking this beautiful and the backdrop of her wedding being more romantic.  An outdoor wedding in Venice...amazing!!!  She wore a lovely bolero and sash over the dress which I think dressed it up a bit for the ceremony, then later you can see the lace sleeves which are also very sweet.  After the wedding Sarah sent me these photos with a wonderful email, her words:

"Thanks very much Beth!
It turned out to be a truly magical wedding. I felt beautiful in my vintage dress! The guys walked through the streets of Venice and the girls arrived by boat to meet at the Campo de L'Abazia. The ceremony was simple, followed by photographs and champagne. Then we found ourselves part of an impromptu parade as we walked from the Campo to the dinner venue, with well wishes from strangers speaking italian and everyone clapping!!!"

I am so thrilled that Salvage Life was a part of Sarah's fabulous wedding and I wish her the most wonderful life with her new husband! If you are looking for your own one-of-a-kind, vintage wedding dress, click HERE to see what we have in the shop or email Beth at trend-fashion-today@gmail.com for special requests.  

 

It's a Beautiful Day...

Another kind customer sent these photos of her wedding day in South Africa.  Magdelena looks beautiful in her 1960's wedding dress with all over tiny pin tucks and crocheted lace. Her floral wreath headpiece is really great too!  Selling wedding dresses brings me a unique joy.  I love that I was able to provide the MOST important thing on someone's wedding day...no seriously, what you wear on your wedding day is very important.  It is so neat that modern brides want to wear something with history for their special day.  Not to mention, it is ridiculously cheaper to buy a vintage wedding dress! 

I just added two Gunne Sax wedding dresses to the shop and I have a beautiful wedding dress from 1915 and a long tulle wedding gown from the 1950's coming soon!