Still working on my finds of the last four weeks. Here's a keeper, but I just wanted to confirm my dating, as I've never had anything like it before in my hands. And at first glance I didn't quite believe my own hunch - it seemed just too incredible a find! But after considering everything, I came to the conclusion that it must really be a 1930s evening dress. I would appreciate your opionions on this!
It came from the same Humana shop rack packed with garish 80s evening wear as the black crepe 1950s dress... and it cost a mere 16 Euros! It's pretty hard to photograph though, and didn't fit on my manni. Just have to say, I absolutely adore 30s evening wear - IMHO this was one of the best decades for evening wear ever.
Material is a very slinky, soft, slightly crepe-like fabric, but it doesn't feel as "coarse" as the crepe I'm used to normally. It's fairly thin and the light shines through it a bit.
Side opening with small snaps. Bias cut skirt, sleeveless top with draping, closes with four small buttons & loops at the back. Lots of hand stitching all over.
It's only fault really is at the back of the skirt near the hem - I guess somebody maybe trod on it - but I think I'll just hand sew a black sequin motif or something like that over it - that would make sort of a cool decorative element at the back. It's in the middle too, and with my 3.5 " evening heels, the hem is not reaching the floor. I'm not letting this dress out of my closet
- and I plan to wear it.
Karin
It came from the same Humana shop rack packed with garish 80s evening wear as the black crepe 1950s dress... and it cost a mere 16 Euros! It's pretty hard to photograph though, and didn't fit on my manni. Just have to say, I absolutely adore 30s evening wear - IMHO this was one of the best decades for evening wear ever.
Material is a very slinky, soft, slightly crepe-like fabric, but it doesn't feel as "coarse" as the crepe I'm used to normally. It's fairly thin and the light shines through it a bit.
Side opening with small snaps. Bias cut skirt, sleeveless top with draping, closes with four small buttons & loops at the back. Lots of hand stitching all over.
It's only fault really is at the back of the skirt near the hem - I guess somebody maybe trod on it - but I think I'll just hand sew a black sequin motif or something like that over it - that would make sort of a cool decorative element at the back. It's in the middle too, and with my 3.5 " evening heels, the hem is not reaching the floor. I'm not letting this dress out of my closet
- and I plan to wear it.Karin
- maybe because it's synthetic. I always associated that with wool or natural fibers... Well, thankfully it's always been in a bag. We'll see what it looks like when it comes out of that freezer. The residue around it isn't white though, the fabric is just more shiny there, like from ironing too much. It looks white because it took the photo with flash, so it's much lighter. Without flash you wouldn't see a thing on the pics. Interesting point about the waist seam. Because it's all in black I couldn't say that seam looked different from the others or another thread was used...
