W720xH450mm, China
Something old,
something new,
something borrowed,
something blue,
and a sixpence in her shoe
Now how can we have Something Old Something New and not an item about wedding. This is part of a wedding gown for rural China, this would be the shawl for the bride. For the common folks, the bride would have wear her hair in a bun and covered with a red cloth, the clothing would be in red with similar pattern as the shawl, on the bottom she would wear a pair of simple red pants. The shawl is embroidered with patterns of blessing, quite different from the blessing of the west but a blessing nonetheless.
Mountain Folkcraft 