Alfred Angelo Wedding Dress-Dating Help Needed
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Rue_de_la_Paix
VFG Member
Beautiful dress! The dress is done in the early Edwardian style, which was very popular in the 1970s for bridal. Hard to tell exactly the shape, as the photos are sideways.
Circa Vintage Clothing
Alumni
Can you please post photos of all the labels? Right way up would be good - gimp is free photo editing software if you need any.
Circa Vintage Clothing
Alumni
From the available information I would date your gown to the very late '70s-very early '80s, about '79-81.
Pinkcoke
Alumni
My mother was married in a very similar dress (in satin) with the same neckline but without the underskirt, in 1981, so Nicole was spot on!
Is the white underskirt a seperate garment though? It doesn't look right to me how there is such a large gap between the hem of the lace overlay and the beginning of the pleated underskirt hem. If they are joined and original I would be thinking the top lace layer has been shrunk.
Is the white underskirt a seperate garment though? It doesn't look right to me how there is such a large gap between the hem of the lace overlay and the beginning of the pleated underskirt hem. If they are joined and original I would be thinking the top lace layer has been shrunk.
Rue_de_la_Paix
VFG Member
Melanie, I think the appearance of a gap is created because the train has been brought forward for the photos. When the train/top layer laid back in place, as when worn for the church, I suspect that the 2 layers lay correctly.
The makers should have used more fabric in the top layer to avoid that happening.
I love the pink cummerbund on the dress, do you think it is original to the dress?
The makers should have used more fabric in the top layer to avoid that happening.
I love the pink cummerbund on the dress, do you think it is original to the dress?