80s doing 20s?

[Vintagiality]

I would love your opinion if this is an 80s doing 20s dress. Was that a trend at one point in the 80s? Also, is this what they call a flapper dress and is the top part Chantilly or Venise lace? The brand name is Patra. It's made of a nylon, polyester, rayon blend. The lacey part buttons in the back with round almost clear pearly buttons. Underneath it, the dress has spaghetti straps.

Thanks,
Victoria

 

[avamac]

YES, 80s doing 20s....a classic 'mother of the bride' dress. Hopefully someone else is a lace expert....

 

[Midge]

I'm not sure about the lace - personally I'd call it chantilly. 20s-style dresses in this kind of shape were quite popular in the 80s. My mom made a wedding dress for the daughter of an acquaintance when I was a kid. Must've been somewhere between '87 and '90, no lace, but generally the same kind of straight, low-waisted shape, very simple, and I will always remember her saying that she had explicitely wanted to make it 1920s-style. She would have used a current sewing pattern, as she doesn't draw her own patterns.

Karin