1950's wedding dress

onceoza

onceoza

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I feel pretty confident that this dress is ca. VintageWeddingGown.jpgVintageWeddingGown2.jpgVintageWeddingGown5.jpgVintageWeddingGown7.jpgVintageWeddingGown8.jpg late 1950's. I am still struggling with learning my fabrics. I looked at the VFG resourses and am wondering if this could possibly be Peau de soie? You can definitely see horizontal lines.

Also, this dress is probably between lower calf length. What is the term for that? Thanks, as always.
 
Hi,

I usually refer to that length as tea length. I am not able to date it, it looks sort of late 1950s, but also looks a bit later to me, maybe even 1970s. What is the lace made of, is it a nylon, rayon, synthetic, etc? That can help in dating it. Also, what kind of zipper does it have?

Peau de soie...hmmm. Your dress skirt looks a bit heavier in weight than that. Real peau de soie (silk) will have a soft liquid- fluid drape and no "body". Yours looks heavier and stiffer, with more body.

It is a pretty dress.
 
Thanks for your response. It has a metal Crown zipper. The top is netting but again, fabrics stump me. There are no labels. I think it was custom made. I acquired it at an estate auction. There were lots of late 70's, early 80's young girl toys. If this was Mom's dress, late 50's sounds about right. The veil headpiece looks 50's to me also.
 
I may be "ballerina length" depending on where it falls above the ankles. According to Wikipedia:

When it is about 5 cm (2 inches) above the ankle it is called tea length and when it is almost touching the ankle it is called ballerina length.
 
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