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Outback bride stuns in merino wool wedding dress weighing 15 kgs

When you think about a beautiful bush wedding, a heavy woollen wedding dress might not seem like an obvious choice. But for Grace Ridge, it was the only option.
Key points:
- Grace Ridge married her husband Will in Louth, western NSW, by the Darling River
- Both children of wool growers, they decided to celebrate Australian wool with their wedding dress and suit
- Sydney designer Anna Maurer created the 15 kilogram wedding dress over five months
For her wedding last spring, the daughter of wool growers wanted to celebrate the wool industry so chose to commission an intricate wedding dress made from more than 25 metres of 100 per cent lightweight Australian Merino wool crepe.
The outback bride’s gown weighed an incredible 15 kilograms.
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