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Marina CERCAŞIN
doctorand, Universitatea de Stat „Dimitrie Cantemir”, Chișinău
email: [e-mail]
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Summary. The evolution of urban wedding costume of Moldova in the interwar period. 
The 
wedding event has always been and remains an irrevocable occasion for showing the most beautiful 
image, which will remain immortalized in the family photo album and certainly in memories for the 
whole life. For centuries in a row, the wedding costume was regarding the general traditions, that 
were interspersed with the specifics of the cultures and had an individual character. Many things have 
changed with the technical progress which began in the middle of the 19th century and which directly 
influenced a faster development of the fashion by mechanizing the sewing process and through the 
new media means, in particular – fashion shows and magazines, illustrations and photos. Parisian 
couture houses influenced European trends in the first half of the twentieth century, and the sil-
houette of the wedding costume faithfully followed the general fashion changes. A common mean-
ing which was accepted in European countries during this period constituted the white color of the 
wedding dress as a symbol of innocence and the classic and sober suit of the groom. From the very 
beginning of the 20th century, the silhouettes and proportions of the costume began to change very 
quickly,in especial the dresses, which from the corset and long skirt worn by women for centuries 
in a row,including the early twentieth century, became incredibly short and bold in the Charleston 
era, to be extended again in the era of the great depression. Throughout the century, social, cultural 
and political events have left their mark on the evolution of the wedding dress,which has undergone 
changes in silhouette, fabrics and accessories almost every decade. This research will clarify the trans-
formations that the urban wedding costume of Moldova had to pass through, in the Interwar Period.