Dress

The wedding dress (3048/25-27) was designed by Filipino couturier Arturo Cruz, in a contemporary version of the Maria Clara style. Julia Mercado Gonzalez was married in this ensemble to Dr. Miguel P. Tecson at St. Augustine church in Vancouver, December 1962. The set includes her gloves, shoes, cord, pillow and bouquet holder (3048/28-32).

Wedding dress with set of detachable trains. The wedding dress (part a) has an undecorated ivory bottom that tapers outwards in the back. The Maria Clara style bodice is covered in floral synthetic lace. These lace flowers are decorated with plastic sequins attached by translucent and black beads and plastic pearls at the centre of each flower. The bodice is lined with cotton fibre while the skirt is unlined and made from synthetic fabric. The bodice closes with a long metal zipper and a single metal hook at the upper hem. The bodice has two long loops for hanging as well as a fabric tag with the phrase ‘Arturo V. Cruz’ sewn onto it with black fibre. The two pieces of the detachable train (parts b and c) have sets of five metal hooks which lock into the fabric loops sewn onto the back of the bodice on either side of the zipper. The trains are slightly pleated at the point of attachment but are otherwise unadorned.