Identification help please, dating and fabric/occasion 20-40's dress

[GemGem]

Hi again,

This time I have an earlier dress, honestly it could be from the 1910's to the 1940's I just can't place it. It's made of a sort of towelling fabric and has poppers to the front underneath the buttons, apart from that it slips over head and has no ties to the waist either.

There is also a teeny tiny cute pocket which might help with identification of age. I think the buttons are original but look plastic? They look deco to me. There are a few pleats to the back from the nape. and tiny demi/quarter wadded pads under the shoulders


So am wondering the decade and also what kind of occasion this would be for? Is it a house dress? Or day dress? It is quite simple in design and looks absolutely shapeless until it's on when it transforms to a beautiful shape.

The hem sits 2/3 inches below the knee (my friend Kellie is modelling it and she is 5ft7 in height, so it may have been longer as average height was shorter back then) the length from shoulder seam to hem is approx 42.5 inches if that helps,

One thing that gets me every time of early vintage dresses, the way they transform through the design and stitching, just love.

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

It looks 30s to me...let's see what others think.

 

[Vinclothes]

I see a 1930's day dress made of cotton gauze fabric. Others? The"wadded pads" sound like sleeve lifters sometimes found in 1930's dresses and blouses. I learned the correct name for these from Hollis
Marian

 

[denisebrain]

I agree with 30s, and I can't say the fiber, but it looks like there are woven bouclé yarns, giving it that toweling look you mentioned.

One thing that gets me every time of early vintage dresses, the way they transform through the design and stitching, just love.

Isn't that the best? Clothes were not made to look good on hangers as much as on people.

 

[Circa Vintage Clothing]

Agree with Maggie: '30s and a woven bloucle'. Would likely have had a matching self-covered belt with a buckle to match the buttons.

 

[GemGem]

Wonderful! Thank you so much, you all covered every question I had! I love this place it's the overseen heaven and haven of vintage fashion

 

[GemGem]

I agree with 30s, and I can't say the fiber, but it looks like there are woven bouclé yarns, giving it that toweling look you mentioned.

Brilliant, I agree with a woven boucle yarn completely.

Isn't that the best? Clothes were not made to look good on hangers as much as on people.

It's such a joy when you come across an old wrinkled piece of fabric and just know it's a gem that it will be glorious once cleaned, steamed/ironed and put on an actual person. It's a little like mining

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

Definitely a "treasure hunt"!

 

[denisebrain]

Wonderful! Thank you so much, you all covered every question I had! I love this place it's the overseen heaven and haven of vintage fashion

That is SUCH a gratifying comment! (You can tell anyone you want—we won't object!)

 

[MyVintageCocktail]

Fabulous dress! Great find, and it looks to be in lovely condition.