Turkey Feather Wedding Dress

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In 1947, a gal named Barbara Ehrhart chose to create her wedding dress out of turkey feathers.















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The guests tossed more feathers instead of rice.

More pix here, courtesy of LIFE.

     Posted By: Paul - Thu Dec 03, 2009
     Category: Animals | Eccentrics | Fashion | Marriage | 1940s





Comments
kinda neat and most definitely weird. how would you go about cleaning it though. she looked nice.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 12/03/09 at 04:42 PM
This story tickled me.
Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 12/03/09 at 11:56 PM
i'll bet it tickled the groom too. 😝
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 12/04/09 at 07:36 AM
In the second picture it looks like they are being attacked by a bunch of birds.
Posted by mdb777 on 12/05/09 at 11:54 AM
maybe the bride is tippy hedron.
Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 12/05/09 at 02:17 PM
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