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While she can’t remember how much she paid for it, Dorothy Powell, of the Seaforth Manor, bought a blue velvet wedding gown for her 1939 wedding in Winthrop because she couldn’t afford a traditional white dress.
“I just liked it. And, I didn’t have enough for a fancy white one. Teachers didn’t take very big salaries at that time,” says the retired schoolteacher and resident at the Manor Retirement Home.
Her dress was the oldest modelled at a recent bridal gown fashion show held at the Seaforth’s Manor’s Open Doors event
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Fashion for women
