Turkey Feather Wedding Dress

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

The guests tossed more feathers instead of rice.

More pix here, courtesy of LIFE.

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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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