Is there a name for the fabric treatment on this 50/60s dress?

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Teresas Treasures

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The dress is a black wool/wool blend that is a loose weave that you can see thru and then lined with a gold acetate fabric so that the fabric shows thru... Does anyone have any idea what the true terminology of this treatment is?

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Well, it simulates the looks of pulled thread work. Open weave backed with contrast taffeta doesn't soudn too official, though.

Hollis
 
Wow. I had this same dress awhile back!
Actually -- I think the cut was different, but the same fabric/weave with the nude lining.

I would maybe say something about it being a nude illusion weave.

Looking back, I wish I'd kept that dress. It *almost* fit me at the time, but I've lost weight since then. Other than being too tight, it was actually very flattering!
 
It is a really flattering dress but I've never had one with this type of treatment before. I went on a shopping/vacation trip and brought back all kinds of dresses - lots of wool items - and this is one of them. I just can't seem to find the right words to really explain the treatment.. open weave/nude weave sounds better than what I could come up with though...
 
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