700 years of get ups from the Virgin Mary are now on display in France for the religious and fashion conscious:
For hundreds of years, rare and expensive fabrics were used to clothe the Virgin Mary, and on special occasions, men and women would commission tailors to cut dresses for the Virgin Mary from their own precious or memorable clothes. It was a fairly common practice for brides to donate their wedding dresses to make dresses for the Virgin Mary. In a quote reported by the AFP, Maximilien Durand, director of the Lyon fabric museum said, "They [Virgin Mary statues] were dressed like real women, like fashion icons, with real hair, wigs, even make-up."
