Our Tumblr Ties the Knot: Curation about Marriage

This month our Tumblr is co-curated by our partners Museum of Applied Art Belgrade and the Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation. Delving into their collections, their curation evolves around one of the most significant rituals in life: marriage, and the clothes and accessoires that give expression to it.

Wedding photo of Danica Paligorić and Nikola Jorgovanović, an infantry major, with a groomsman; The Kingdom of Serbia, Niš, 1911; courtesy of Čedomir and Rastko Vasić from Belgrade. Wedding dress of Danica Paligorić kept in the collection of the Museum of Applied Art in Belgrade.

Marriage is an important fact in human life and accompanied by many rituals, most of which have a religious significance and cultural expectations, aiming to ensure the happiness of the newlyweds. Generally, marriage is preceded by the engagement period, which is dedicated to the promise of a happy marriage. Wedding ceremonies used to take  place on Sunday (until late 1980s where the wedding day often became Saturday), but preparations begin several months, if not years, before.

Especially, the wedding outfit has special significance for the bride and it is probably the most important garment a woman could ever wear. As it is chosen for such an important occasion it reflects the bride’s family wealth and social status, the change of technology, the shifts in the economy and also the fashion of the moment. It is usually made of delicate materials, finer fabrics, lace, jewels and has more exquisite workmanship than can be found in other dresses.

The Museum of Applied Art Belgrade and the Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation‘s bridal costume collections reflect a wide social range, from high society wedding gowns to simpler village wedding outfits. Most of them are donation from the wearer or their relatives whom often provide information about the wearer, whom she married, the date and the place of the marriage, the provenance, the maker. Original photographs were also given that show how the dresses were worn and accesorised. Although a lot of women chose to preserve their wedding dresses others altered them to evening style gowns.

Visit our Tumblr to discover these exquisite collections.

By Draginja Maskareli and Angeliki Roumelioti

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