On the event of her wedding to Edward, Duke of Windsor on 3 June 1937 at the

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(then known as Wallis Warfield) wore a nipped-at-the-waist dress created by

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in what was termed her signature colour of "Wallis blue" reportedly to match her eyes. Her co-ordinating blue straw hat, by

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, had a halo effect with pale blue

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and her matching gloves were created from the same blue silk crepe as her dress. In 1950, Wallis presented the dress to the

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. More than 25 years after the wedding, it was still regarded as "one of the most photographed, most copied dresses of modern times".

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''The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Special Exhibitions; Duchess of Windsor Wedding Dress''
{{British Royal wedding dresses Warfield Wallis British royal attire 1930s fashion Abdication of Edward VIII Clothing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Wallis Simpson

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