Designer stripped the frills from wedding dresses

Every year, the bridal industry unveils fresh collections of wedding gowns and a breathless list of the latest trends.

　　But the truth is that there has not been a significant and lasting shift in what women wear down the aisle since the late 1980s. That was when a young bride, disappointed and frustrated by the mountains of tulle, lace and beading that defined wedding gowns at that time, decided to design a streamlined dress.

　　Amsale Aberra, a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology, sketched out an elegant A-line gown with a high waist and sheer sleeves. It was 1985, and that dress formed the creative seed for the bridalwear business she founded the following year and that she ran with her husband, Neil Brown, until her death April 1 at 64 from uterine cancer.Read more at:bridesmaids dresses online .wedding dress shops melbourne