first wedding 1970 a white dress chosen by my mother and I in Dickins and Jones (so regret to loss of that shop in Regent Street).
Second in 1987 a buttercup yellow and deep purple full on 80s dress and jacket with enormous padded shoulders, peplum, ruching, the lot!! very Dynasty but an iconic 80s outfit. I offered it to DD for an 80s party she was going to, she refused! Got good use out of it at the Cannes Film Festival for a few years.
Third in 2019, red jacket made by me for DMs funeral in 1998, a highly coloured skirt, cut off a dress by Diane Fries which had also had many airings at the Cannes Film Festival during the 80s.
No-one would have been able to influence me on what I wore, even at 20.. I said to parents that I insisted on choosing my dress and for my three bridesmaids, and they could do whatever else they wanted as it was the last thing I would do for them. (Little did I know how that would haunt me when they reached old age and Alzheimers and dimentia set in - then my entire days seemed to be around them despite being 70 miles away!)
