How I Made a Medieval Fantasy Wedding Dress

My love and I decided to have a Medieval Times/Renaissance Fair Themed Rehearsal Dinner. We didn't care about historical accuracy at all. We just wanted everyone to dress up and have fun! So I decided to make us some fantasy style, medieval themed outfits for the event. Now while I am not going for historical accuracy, I like to be historically informed. So, I decided to do some research about what a Medieval Bride would have worn to help inform my the dress I was going create. Links to the manuscript depictions I used are down below. I found that there was no set color of a medieval bride to wear, but blue did seem to be a popular choice. I decided to use my white Lady of Shallot Dress as a base and then make a blue velvet, sleeveless overcoat. To do this I used the bodice and skirt pieces of McCall's Pattern 4997. I sadly think this pattern is no longer in print. Support me on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/historicalbelle Historical Belle on Social Media: Insta: https://www.instagram.com/historicalbelle/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/historicalbelle/ Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/HistoricalBelle?ref=hdr_shop_menu To see how I made the Lady of Shallot Dress you can watch here: https://youtu.be/EZdgIzDphrw The Belt is from Many Moons Emporium: https://manymoonsemporium.com/ Photos by Salvation Photography: https://www.facebook.com/SalvationPhotography Medieval Manuscript Research: Manuscript illustration showing the marriage of Eleanor and Prince Louis 113