Basilea_vintage
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Could someone please help with a proper name for this style of dress and an perhaps who could have designed it? I have been searching the internet for 3 days trying to find a similar style for what I believe to be a 1960 formal dress (based on colour, placement of the metal zipper and the overall look of the dress)
It was found in a vintage/estate clearing shop in Switzerland, the label says Grieder - a former silk manufacturing company and store and now an exclusive department store in Switzerland.
This is how I would describe it:
It is a vintage evening gown in heavy yellow taffeta with separate sash with tassels, two front pockets. Handmade. The amount of fabric used to make the dress is insane, and it really consists of three full shirts; one is the actual (wiggle style) dress and the other two make up the front and back of the skirt, all the skirts are lined in chiffon silk, even the ones just functioning as sheats. . The skirts are weighed down by round metal pieces sewn into the hem.
The sash is separate and can be worn in different ways or not at all.
It has a label inside saying Grieder Modéle. I found information on Christie’s that that type of label were put in dress from a designer when they were sold exclusively by a store, so I don’t think that this means that this dress was made and designed by Grieder, but designed by someone else and sold at Grieder.
I would appreciate any thoughts you might have on this dress.
Ditte
It was found in a vintage/estate clearing shop in Switzerland, the label says Grieder - a former silk manufacturing company and store and now an exclusive department store in Switzerland.
This is how I would describe it:
It is a vintage evening gown in heavy yellow taffeta with separate sash with tassels, two front pockets. Handmade. The amount of fabric used to make the dress is insane, and it really consists of three full shirts; one is the actual (wiggle style) dress and the other two make up the front and back of the skirt, all the skirts are lined in chiffon silk, even the ones just functioning as sheats. . The skirts are weighed down by round metal pieces sewn into the hem.
The sash is separate and can be worn in different ways or not at all.
It has a label inside saying Grieder Modéle. I found information on Christie’s that that type of label were put in dress from a designer when they were sold exclusively by a store, so I don’t think that this means that this dress was made and designed by Grieder, but designed by someone else and sold at Grieder.
I would appreciate any thoughts you might have on this dress.
Ditte
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). I wouldn't be surprised if your dress was somewhere in those photos and I guess this would be the place to find something - at lease that would provide dating info, if nothing else.
