Vintage Black Weddings: 1959

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More vintage African American weddings and brides! This time from 1959. The 1960s are up next and the gown styles shift DRAMATICALLY over the course of a year.

This dress is a bit busy for my taste, but as you may remember, I'm a sucker for long sleeves and a diaphanous illusion neckline! Which was apparently, a very popular style in the mid to late 1950s.
I like the bridesmaid's dress more than I like the bride's. Though the bride is stunning. And look at those tiny waists!

This wedding was a star-studded affair. Love the bride's hair.

Cute picture. And a great coquettish veil.

Great looking couple!

I remember her from a wedding editorial I posted from 1958. Harlean Harris must have been the go-to wedding model of the late 1950s.

Though, it's not odd for me to run into the same models over and over again. I've come across Helen Williams in over 50 ads and pictorials. Come to think of it.... she's getting her own post! She deserves it! If my research is any indication, Helen Williams was one of, if not the sole, most hardworking model in the 1950s and 1960s.

This isn't the first time I've seen the dress/pants combo look! This look from a December issue of Ebony Magazine, also from 1959:

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Below are photos from a 1959 Ebony Magazine story about a couple of color wedding to great pomp in Russia.

Enjoy!




Thanks for reading. Up next will be part one of the Vintage Black Voters series and more Black films from the 1930s and 1940s.

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