cmpollack
VFG Member
Edwardian Silk & \"Pure Dye\"
Came across this interesting tidbit in a 1909 Bon Marche ad for silk petticoats:
"Perhaps you do not know that the wear of a silk petticoat depends largely on the way it is dyed. The excess of metal sometimes contained in the dye gives the silk a temporarily good appearance, but also rots the fabric, which cracks after a little wear. Every skirt in these three lots has been dyed with Pure Dye".
The ad goes on to list three types of sale petticoats, ranging from $4.65 to $7.50, in "Black and the wanted colors" (wish those "wanted colors" were listed!)
Came across this interesting tidbit in a 1909 Bon Marche ad for silk petticoats:
"Perhaps you do not know that the wear of a silk petticoat depends largely on the way it is dyed. The excess of metal sometimes contained in the dye gives the silk a temporarily good appearance, but also rots the fabric, which cracks after a little wear. Every skirt in these three lots has been dyed with Pure Dye".
The ad goes on to list three types of sale petticoats, ranging from $4.65 to $7.50, in "Black and the wanted colors" (wish those "wanted colors" were listed!)