Dainty Cotton Frock-Is it 1930's?

[crushvintage]

This is a sheer cotton dress with rickrack trim, pull over head (no closures) style and elastic on the puffed sleeves.
Do you think 1930's...or later?
Thanks so much to everyone for their help!
-Tina

 

[TangerineBoutique]

looks 30s to me. What a darling dress!

Melody

 

[Jonathan]

I agree - it looks like one of those early Juniors out of St. Louis - the young look and sounding name... a light summer evening dress perhaps?

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

So very pretty....I just had a thought...I wonder if it was meant to be a summer nightgown from the 1930s.

 

[Sky Ranch Vintage]

I was also thinking nightgown when I saw it...but I'm not very well versed in 30's fashion.

 

[Jonathan]

I guess it could be a nightgown - that would explain the lack of fastenings.

 

[Sky Ranch Vintage]

Even if it is a nightgown, it can certainly be worn as a dress in our current fashion climate. Would be a really cute swimsuit cover up when heading out to the beach to sun :sunshine:.

 

[crushvintage]

Yes! I was thinking nightgown too. Too pretty to be worn to bed
Thanks everyone!
Tina

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

It might be a morning frock, meant for wearing to breakfast and about the boudoir and home until the maid laid out the afternoon attire. After all, don't we all live that way? Riiiiight.

 

[Sky Ranch Vintage]

It might be a morning frock, meant for wearing to breakfast and about the boudoir and home until the maid laid out the afternoon attire. After all, don't we all live that way? Riiiiight.

I'd like to live that way for a day or two!!!!

 

[crushvintage]

Of course! A Morning Frock. For the Summer...that is why it is so lightweight.
Oh to have lived back then.

 

[missproper]

Such a cute dress - i love it!

 

[Goth Hobbit]

Great day in the morning, it's nearly identical to one of my Mamaw's housedresses!

I can confirm: yes, 1930s. My grandmother's (the aforementioned Mamaw) had a floral design on the striped background instead of the leaf motif, and no label. She made it herself, and I'm pretty sure that she still had the pattern. The garment is a morning dress or house dress; suitable for doing chores around the home, but nice enough to wear if friends dropped by. I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that this one was made by an individual dressmaker, rather than a ready-to-wear company, based on the label.

Tina, what a nifty find! Thank you for sharing it.

-Becca

 

[avamac]

Given the length, it's got to be either an evening dress or nightgown...a housedress would be mid-calf. I'm trying to wrap my head around rick rack on an evening gown.