I Do! Chicago Ties the Knot

The vast costume collection of the Chicago History Museum includes a stunning array of wedding attire that reveals 170 years of fashion favored by Chicago couples. Marshall Field & Co. made wedding history by being the first store to offer a gift registry and providing an array of products and staff to cater to the bride s every need. Today, hoop skirts, sinewy fishtails, long trains, and leg-o-mutton sleeves can be seen on the aisle, but each style echoes decades past.