Vintage Chanel dress ??!?!?!

I appreciate any ideas on whether this gorgeous vintage dress could actually be a genuine Chanel. I acquired it at an auction,balled up in a bag of textiles. I'm 99% sure it is silk taffeta, with beautiful appliqued velvet pieces, all hand sewn. I turned it inside out to check the condition and was shocked to see the Chanel label, which is oddly sewn on the center back seam of the dress- not on the back of the dress where they are normally sewn. What do you all think??? Thank you so much in advance!!
I hope the photos will be on this post- I uploaded them, but now I don't see them on the post preview. If they do not show up, would someone tell me how to post photos?? Sorry to ask, I thought I uploaded them properly....

 

Laquita, I believe you will need to post the photos, one by one, in successive posts. We look forward to seeing them.

 

Joules,thank you. I just tried one at a time, and it didn't work either. I go to the bottom here-attachment- then to Iphoto where it is,then select. But it won't load. Sigh- I'll try again.

 

Do you have your photos hosted anywhere? I usually keep mine on flickr...
What you're doing should work though, I think.

 

I just have them on Iphoto now. My second attempt at posting a single photo just now and the message was "attachment too large". Which is odd, since it's a single photo. I'll work on this, and thank you all for your patience- I'm so eager to hear your expert opinions on this piece!!

 

sounds like either you didn't convert the photo to jpg (or jpeg) format with iphoto, and/or didn't resize it to a reasonably small size.

do you know how to resize photos?

 

The size of the photo in megabytes was too large. Can you reduce it?

Or is there a url to each of your photos where they are hosted. You can type in

 

Resized them- hope this works!!

 

Thank you all so much for your help in loading the photos!! More to come, and I appreciate all feedback!!

 

Close up of bodice

 

Back train of dress

 

Label-sewn onto center back seam of the train, about halfway down the seam.

 

May we see a photo of the label?
Edited to say: Oh! There's the label!

 

It looks right to me. You just hit the vintage lottery! Many couture gowns have the label down inside the dress, so the placement is correct. The dress probably dates to 1932 or early 1933, as Chanel was showing this cut with the huge flared skirt at that time. Later in 1933, the shape of her dresses changes with a straighter cut, and any fullness in a train at the back.

 

holy cow, yep, you hit the jackpot all right!

it's absolutely drop-dead gorgeous. i agree with jodi on the date.

*wipes drool off of keyboard*

 

utterly stunning!!!!!!! nice find, would love to know the provenance!

Ang

 

It's quite spectacular!

 

:adore:

 

oh, and yes, you're absolutely right, it's silk taffeta.