How should I display this dress? It has thingys in the back!

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Jluthye

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lol. Ok now i will feel like a shmuck when someone tells me the proper term for the hanging material in the back...

what would be the best way to display this? or shuld I just show all the different ways i didn it?

thank you :-)

Ps. I will take advice on what to call this dress also as i am at a loss pretty sure it is an eraly 50s dress. metal side zip.. i know it looks like alot like the 70s but I am sure it is not. thank you all again!!!:singing:
 
i'd say the big bow is probably the intended design line, as foo-foo as it looks, it was considered very girl-y and feminine by many

do you have a big crinoline to pump up the skirt??

dreamy dress!
 
Yes the first few pics have a big crinoline under it and the midle bottom is without...

should I double the crinoline? thanks... so am i right witht he early 50s then?

thank you :-)

actually i will move the crinoline I have up higher so its more dramatic then add another one thats longer 9my big one only goes 2/3 of the dress and its obvious! ... give me ten minutes brb :-)
 
helps to add teh pic huh?

.... here is with the crinoline up higher is that better?
I tried to double it but didnt make it any better than just making the crinoline higher...

there is no label sadly. nothing at all not even a size, and it has issues... I believe the whole thing to be acetate.. but not sure..deffintaley synthetic. and the chiffon if very plasticy in apperance...

so the lining the pink has TONS of mildew spots.. its not noticable when on due to the layers of blue material.. but its BAD.. no holes the dress is in great condition otherwise.. and if you can get the brown out of some the mildew spots it will just leave light pink dots in the lining...

The cleaner I took it to said the stuff he uses will kil the mildew and that means the fabric too.. so he suggested I not do it, it would need special attention lol.. but the chiffon is untouched and excellent!
 
Is the mildew only on the lining of the skirt? The only thing I know that kills mildew is bleach (clorox, etc).

I have done this before but not with mildew. Hang the dress above a big pan of clorox water, etc, holding the top layer up and away. Dip it down into the water for a gentle soak and washing. Then rinse good and hang to dry.

It is worth a shot because no one would want a dress with mildew issues.

I think it is 50s, too.
 
thank you... will i ruin the dress or lighten it ?

it is only on the lining but also on the upper lining to which i cannot seperated from the material.

I thought about lysoling it lol.. since it kills molds and mildews supposedly?

Thank you for the tip... I will try it.. It can't hurt.. its a shame because the dress is so beautiful and in excellent shape otherwise,,, even if it leaves lightened spots its better than the brown lol....

here is a pic so you can see... it is all over but only on the pink lining not in the chiffon at all.. i guess the material difference? I have no idea why.. the cleaner said his stuff he used would kill the mold but since it was in the material I ran the rick of is eating that up too.... so i didnt do it.

I will try the clorox trick... unless I get a better suggestion :-) .. i wonder if i could do that to the upper lining too with a q-tip and then just saturate the area with water to prevent bleaching?
 
Beautiful dress! Amd well worth trying to clean up!

What I'd try first is swabbing the spots with a weak solution of bleach & water and a Q-tip. Use one end of the Q-tip to dab the spots, let sit just a couple minutes, then rinse with the other end of the swab dipped in plain water. Blot with white toweling and let dry. Slip a white towel in between the dress shell and the lining so as not to get anything on the shell (if you can. See how that works. If it appears to be doing some good, you can re-treat. Even if the spots don't come out all the way, the bleach "should" kill the mold spores and prevent further spread. Bleach is one of the only things that truly kills mold. Professional remediation crews have something else they can use, too, but I don't recall what it is or if it's available commercially. That may be what your cleaner was talking about.

That looks like an acetate lining, so I wouldn't immerse it.
 
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