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- ↑ "Dress of the Year". Fashion Museum, Bath. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
- 1 2 Lester, Richard (2013). Dress of the year. Antique Collectors' Club. p. 132. ISBN 9781851497256.
- ↑ "Wedding dress by Catherine Rayner". V&A Search The Collections. V&A Museum. 1996. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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