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The Bride Will Wear a Funky Dress SOM, 5/30/95 Even reluctant brides have to have a wedding dress, and Nora is no exception.   OLTL's costume designer Susan Gammie faced a difficult challenge as she designed Nora's most unusual dress.   "It's a dress that had to be kind of adaptable, because it's a daytime wedding, it's her second wedding, it's a spring wedding and it's presumably a dress her friends have picked out for her," Susan explains.   "It had to be something that was appropriate for an afternoon church wedding, but everyone knows that Bo and Nora love rock 'n' roll and their friends have planned quite a reception for them. "So what I set out to do was design a dress that would have two aspects to it. One, a more sober, conservative dress, appropriate for church. But also, a kind of fun rock 'n' roll party dress for later on. It's kind of a deep lavender silk bolero jacket and skirt.   "It has a contrasting fuchsia sash to give it a little style. The skirt is very full and has lots of tulle underneath. Underneath the jacket there's a marvelous turquoise and lavender sequined strapless bodice. So when she takes the jacket off the whole nature of the dress changes completely.   "It really goes from being a pretty, but basically conservative suit to a really funky, fun, party and dance dress. It's a late '50s or early '60s design. I wanted it to reflect the music they love. She's also wearing long dyed-to-match gloves and a vintage crystal necklace.   "I just wanted it to be pretty and lighthearted," Susan says, adding, "but you couldn't think of Nora in a conventional wedding dress. It would be like oil and water!"   (Soap Opera Magazine May 30, 1995)