secondlooks
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Embroidery really looks like Raffia
This is the dress.
This is the dress.
Is this Raffia embroidery on Malcolm Starr?
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dorotheascloset
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Wow, thats incredible! It almost looks too glossy to be real raffia, would it be that sort of spun nylon that looks and almost feels like raffia (which has a name I'm blanking on....grrrr)
Ang
Ang
MyVintageCocktail
VFG Member
That dress is just stunning!!!!
Looks like raffia to me, too, but no clue if real or faux.
Looks like raffia to me, too, but no clue if real or faux.
nostalgic*collections
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I'm in love with that dress!!
Are you a collector or a seller or both??
Thanks for sharing that gem.
Vicki
Are you a collector or a seller or both??
Thanks for sharing that gem.
Vicki
dorotheascloset
Registered Guest
Cello!
Thats what I was thinking of, lots of hats and woven bags from the 60s are made of it...looks like straw/raffia but is manmade.
Ang
Thats what I was thinking of, lots of hats and woven bags from the 60s are made of it...looks like straw/raffia but is manmade.
Ang
BijouVintage
Alumni
yeah, looks like cello to me as well, it would be more flexible than raffia
secondlooks
Alumni
No, the dress is not stiff, sounds like Cello is what it is then, thanks all! I was lucky to find 3 MS's recently, all heavily embellished with rhinestones, sequins, beading,etc.
VICKI: I collect and sell on ebay, would love to have my own website tho
VICKI: I collect and sell on ebay, would love to have my own website tho
vertugarde
Alumni
Raffia is a palm leaf and I know its use on hats , baskets/purses, cloths but used as embroidery on a dress? The embroidery on this dress looks like silk or synthetic embroidery yarn. It would be easy to distinguish between this and raffia. I'm not familiar with Cello is this a US yarn?
So is cello what is on those 60s handbags that look like raffia but aren't?
MyVintageCocktail
VFG Member
I think so, Chris, and it's ubuiquitous on 60's hats--they look like woven raffia or straw, but are cello. I assume that "cello" is derived from cellophane???