Help with this pretty 20's/30's bra . . .

Help with this pretty 20\'s/30\'s bra . . .

Hi all -

I'm going to send these to Pauline for the lingerie resource but many heads are better than one & some of you know scads more than I do about earlier lingerie.

All I can give Pauline is a very wide date rage and the label. I have never heard of this company. Can we give her any more info?

<img src="http://members.aol.com/dancingdresses/images/20sbra-on1.jpg"><BR><img src="http://members.aol.com/dancingdresses/images/20sbra-flat2.jpg"><BR><img src="http://members.aol.com/dancingdresses/images/20sbra-lab.jpg"><BR>

This was my Mom's - my best guess on a date is somewhere between 1925-1935. Or could it be later?
It's a semi-flattener . . edges and lining, very soft tulle.
Very substantial hook-&-eye plackets, so it was evidently meant to "pull you in" . . . The thing I like best - the ribbon straps (non-adjustable) (two-tone ribbon - pink on the outside, beige on the inside) & pretty detailing.

What say you all?
TIA
C

 

I would have guessed early 30s on it myself, there is some attention to creating 2 distinct breasts, rather than the flatter mono bosom of the 20s. Also that type of lace was VERY popular from the very late 1920s into the early 1930s.

 

Is that called a bralet?? Very pretty cool name too natures rival.

I want them all for the resource. I can just grab them from here. Thanks oh and Carolyne your Mom musta been one sexy femme fatal!!!

 

Thanks, J -

Early 30's would make sense. . . given the fact of how old she would have been, then. And I didn't notice the darting before . . . but you're right; it wouldn't really yield a flat mono-bosom.
Do you know the name of the type of lace?
(I'm lace-impaired.)

I find it interesting how fashion changes.
Back then, it was "Minimize!"
Now, it's "Maximize!"

I always wonder if guys felt cheated, back then, by naked reality.
Now, it's "She's not a big as she looked!"
Was it "She's much bigger than she looked! How disappointing!" then? . . . . .
Hhhhmmmmm . . . .
C

 

That is so pretty! Delicate and feminine - I love it.

 

I think its alecon lace Alecon has heavier stitching around each flower on the edges. I can't tell real well I can't see the top side up close. Do a search on Alecon and then you can compare if thats not it then show a closeup and I will try to find it in one of my books. I used to know alot of laces etc but over time I have forgotten many.