Dating handmade lace dresses

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I am 70% these two are handmade vintage dress. Well I hope they are!:duh2: However, I am having a hard time identifying the era. I have listed as 40s but think thats wrong. Would love your help!

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Jonathan said:
That type of guipure lace is not used much before the 60s. I wonder if these are early 70s bridesmaid dresses.
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That's so helpful already. I will try to google it and hopefully come up with something. The length of these dress are a bit short and there is only 2 drawstring on the back to tie. It's a incredibly simple but the lace are beautiful.
 
Midge said:
My mom's friend got married in 68 or 69 in a simple white guipure lace dress - these dresses remind me of that. Though she had completely different dresses for the bridesmaids (that unfortunately looked more like nightgowns...).
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That would explain so much how I can't find anything! lol They're so small too with no stretch. Now how to list them on Etsy. I think just listed as is 60s Bridesmaid dress.
 
I agree these can be difficult to date exactly as they appear to be home made, but also the style is simple and classic. Can you show the ties in the back? If it is what it sounds like, that tie back feature was popular in dresses in the late 1980s/early 1990s. So was that tea length. I am not getting a 60s vibe from these dresses.
 
Rue_de_la_Paix said:
I agree these can be difficult to date exactly as they appear to be home made, but also the style is simple and classic. Can you show the ties in the back? If it is what it sounds like, that tie back feature was popular in dresses in the late 1980s/early 1990s. So was that tea length. I am not getting a 60s vibe from these dresses.
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Yes I upload the back. I been scouring the internet for similar images. Extremely difficult.
 
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