This dress has me puzzled I picked it up today it’s a very vibrant drop waist dress with a 2 tiered skirt and metal back zip. the material feels old and is kind of like a gauze -y. It’s unlined and the stitching doesn’t look modern (IMO) can someone help me figure this one out?!
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It looks like it may have been seamstress or home made. Is there any label at all like an old union label on an inside seam? Also it looks like that 2nd black tier was an add on to the dress, can you tell if it is original to it. Is the black also gauzy or more like an acetate satin?
I have to do a full inspection when I get back but from what I initially saw no label. And the bottom tier is more like an acetate satin yes! Not gauzy at all
Thanks for confirming that about the bottom layer. I think it would look better if that were removed. Love the low v-back on it. Let us know if you find a label on an inner side seam.
Thanks for all your help so far! No label to be found and I took the bottom layer off which was indeed an add on, looks so much better!!! I’d like to get a ball park estimate on what decade I’m looking at as it doesn’t fit me and I’d like to put it up on my Etsy! I know it’s pretty hard to determine with homemade garments....
