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The wedding gown for Marie Antoinettte in the film was so sumptuous that
it prompted famous fashion columnist and editor Diana Vreeland to say: "Hollywood has the most expensive couture in the world. The details, the workmanship, are second to none."
The wedding gown is the heaviest costume in the film, weighing an
estimated 108 lbs. The wedding gown was made with more than 500 yards of
satin; thousands of seed pearls were hand sewn into the dress, along
with hand-embroidered flowers, ribbons and other designs. The dress's
long train was also hand-embroidered. Marie Antoinette wears a tiara
with dripping pearls, a necklace with alternating pearls and diamond and
pearl earrings with the costume. (Read more.)
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