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This Friday, Feb. 12, Biltmore will open “Fashionable Romance: Wedding Gowns in Film,” an exhibition of more than 40 award-winning costumes spanning 300 years of wedding fashion from films set in the years 1645 to 1935. Displayed in Biltmore House, wedding gowns from “Howards End,” “The Duchess” and “Emma” will be featured. www.biltmore.com/events/fashionable-romance
The costumes come to Biltmore from Cosprop Ltd., the same London-based company that designed and furnished the costumes for Biltmore’s 2015 “Dressing Downton” exhibition of clothing from the PBS Masterpiece series “Downton Abbey.”
Elaborate flower arrangements created by Biltmore’s floral team will accompany the costumes.
Guests will also see a display featuring stories and objects from 60 years of Vanderbilt family weddings, along with the first-ever display of the wedding veil worn by Mary Lee Ryan Cecil and her cousin Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy. Mrs. Cecil is married to William A.V. Cecil, grandson of George Vanderbilt.
WHO: Biltmore
WHAT: “Fashionable Romance: Wedding Gowns in Film” – New Exhibition
WHEN: Friday, Feb. 12, 2016
TIME: 9 a.m.
WHERE: TWO LOCATIONS: Biltmore House and Biltmore Legacy in Antler Hill Village on the property.
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