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  Jean Harlow models a blue taffeta wedding gown for a fashion spread on her matrimonial staircase 89 Years Ago: Fashion at Easton Drive JULY 5, 2021  ~  SOPHIA D. 89 years ago, July 5, 1932—Jean Harlow models a blue taffeta wedding gown for a fashion spread on her matrimonial staircase at Easton Drive, just three days after her wedding to Paul Bern. Here’s the original press caption that accompanied this to print, complete with description of the gown: “ THE WEDDING MODE.  A powder blue taffeta frock with full flounce is advocated by Jean Harlow, MGM player and recent bride. Huge petaled flowers of taffeta edge the armholes, with the evening type hat completing the ensemble which is suggested for the girl planning a six-o’clock wedding.”⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ One can easily spot the “sunburst of tuckings” on the bodice in this close up. The Los Angeles Times offers even more detail on the gown, as they published these portraits in a spread that August. Their caption makes ...