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2. Wedding dress of Lady Diana Spencer - Wikipedia

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   Lady Diana Spencer 's bridal gown was an ivory silk taffeta and antique lace gown, with a 25-foot (7.6 m) train and a 153 yards (140 m) tulle veil, valued then at £9,000 (equivalent to $43,573 in 2023). [1] [2] It was worn at Diana's wedding to Charles, Prince of Wales in 1981 at St Paul's Cathedral. It became one of the most famous dresses in ...

3. Lotus silk - Wikipedia

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   Lotus silk ( Burmese: ပိုးကြာချည် or Burmese: ကြာချည်, lit. 'lotus thread') is a type of textile produced using delicate lotus stem fibers. The fabric first originated in Myanmar (Burma), and is now also woven by smaller-scale cottage industries in Vietnam. [1] [2] Due to the complexity and labor-intensive ...

4. Khmer traditional clothing - Wikipedia

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   Khmer traditional clothing refers to the traditional styles of dress worn by the Khmer people throughout history. [1] Tracing their origins back to the early Common Era, the customary styles of dress worn by Khmer people predate the indianization of Southeast Asia. The evolution of these clothing customs can be traced through archaeological ...

5. Wedding dress of Sarah Ferguson - Wikipedia

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   Influenced by the wedding dress of Lady Diana Spencer, a notable feature of Sarah Ferguson's 17-foot (5.2 m) long train was the intertwined initials A and S sewn in silver beads. The headdress and bouquet, fabric rosettes or artificial silk flowers were used to adorn the gown itself.

6. Alexandra Rose Day - Wikipedia

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   The Alexandra Rose Day is a charitable fund raising event held in June in the United Kingdom since 1912 by Alexandra Rose Charities. It was first launched on the 50th anniversary of the arrival of Queen Alexandra from her native Denmark to the United Kingdom. [1] She requested that the anniversary be marked by the sale of roses in London to ...

7. Chinese paper cutting - Wikipedia

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   Jiǎnzhǐ. Chinese paper cuttings in a shop. A cut-paper "window flower" during Chinese New Year. The art of paper cutting ( Chinese: 剪紙; pinyin: jiǎnzhǐ) in China may date back to the 2nd century CE, when paper was invented by Cai Lun, a court official of the Eastern Han dynasty . Chinese paper cutting is a treasured traditional Chinese ...