Dresses aquired at auction

[onceoza]

I was lucky enough to acquire a couple of these dresses at auction and need some help dating and identifying. The creme de la creme is the ivory/ecrue lace dress on the far right. The condition is amazing! French? The other is the black velvet skirt and black/white blouse. Thanks for your help.

 

[amandainvermont]

Where is the "fainting" smiley when you need it?

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

and the drooling one too!!! The ecru dress looks Edwardian to me as well as the other outfit, I'm sure others will come in to help out.

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

Hi,

Lovely indeed. The lace dress is circa 1910. I cannot tell the black skirt from the photo, and without getting a better look at the sleeves, the B & W blouse/waist looks circa 1905-1910. The lace dress was often referred to as a lingerie dress or garden party dress, or lawn dress. Without a label, it will be hard to determine where it was made, but you feel it may be French. It is a combination of laces, and while these types of laces were made in France, they were also made in England and the USA. The laces (insertion laces) could be imported by the yard, and the dress sewn up by a seamstress or dressmaker. It should lighten up nicely with a soaking. It is really beautiful. B

 

[onceoza]

You are all a wealth of information! Thanks so much for the responses.

 

[Villa]

Swoon!!!

 

[Better Dresses Vintage]

Holy cow!

 

[onceoza]

Included the dress forms too!

 

[avamac]

that ecru dress!!!