Help dating wedding dress

[Susie Williams]

Hi, I found this beautiful dress in an church op shop .It looks to be a tiny size, with orange blossom flowers on the bodice , with beautiful silver embroidered flower on the dress and veil.
The dress looks to be made of satin, with an over petticoat of netting, then the outer layer with the embroidery. The skirt had gathered layers.
The headpiece has orange blossoms and the veil is embroidered.
I had to hang it to take the picture which don't do it justice.
There is tag on the inside - Australian Model created by Olive Ferris REGD
Photos coming

Hi
I found this dress in a church op shop. We think the bodice and skirt is made from satin or something similar.
The bodice has an overlay of embroidered lace with orange blossom flowers to decorate and silver embroidered satin flowers. The long sleeved have buttons up to mid way between wrist and elbow.
The skirt has one over - skirt for fullness then the embroidered lace. Buttons up the back and a silver bow.
The headpiece has orange blossoms and the lace is the same as the dress, with embroidery as well as the silver embroidered satin flowers

 

[DaisyandStella]

Gorgeous wedding gown! It appears to be 1940s to me. Orange blossoms were used quite often in 1930s and 1940s wedding veils, head pieces, etc. Let’s see what others have to say.

Brooke

 

[MagsRags]

It is lovely. I was thinking mid to late 1930s, although I could see early 40s.
If you have a stroll through the 1930s section of our Wedding Resource, you will see some similar silhouettes.
https://vintagefashionguild.org/resources/wedding/#resource_items-15

 

[Circa Vintage Clothing]

It does look to be quite '30s in style but bridal gowns are often slow to catch up with fashion trends and I think it's more likely post-war. The earliest mention I could find in Trove is in 1945, where the business is advertising for dressmakers: they were based in Carlyle House, Flinders Lane, Melbourne. The amount of fabric suggests your dress is even later, after fabric rationing has finished.

I found a mention of a dress in 1950 that bears some similarities in style and fabric. (see here for full article): (apologies for the typos, it's a straight transcript)

'Frances' frock was an exquisite Olive Ferris model of filmy white silk net, silk lace needle
run with silver thread. rpHE very bouffant net skirt overi. >?*. ivory, taffeta fell in soft folds
.' to a train, and was covered with small appliques of the lace. The hem-line was finished with two
wide frills edged with a narrow Fix this text?. piping of silver frosting. The tight
fitting bodice was of lace, and had two narrow frills forming a
peplum at the waistline. Lace ahpliques and tiny frills of net, silver-edged, joined the net yoke.
Sleeves were short and puffed.'

Nicole

 

[ElectricRose]

I love how detailed it is with the orange blossoms and silver embroidery. It’s amazing what you can find in thrift stores and op shops. A while back, I stumbled upon a vintage dress that was a bit worn but had such a unique style.