looking for terms for this style of dress and help with fabric

[laurenm]

Hello All,
I don't think this is technically a "Dirndl" but have seen the term Landhausmode ("country-inspired fashion")....any thoughts?
Also, the fabric is a waffle-y texture, almost honeycomb...it's too thick to call a seersucker I think??
Thanks alot for any direction,
Lauren

 

[Rue_de_la_Paix]

I think you are located in Europe, is that correct? In the USA you might see that referred to as a peasant dress 0r peasant style dress. I am not seeing any dirndl effect to the skirt, really. The fabric looks like a pique ...... you might call it a novelty pique. Very cute!

 

[laurenm]

Thanks Barbara, I'm actually in Canada but woefully slow with dress styles! I guess the dirndl needs an apron....don't know how I missed that. I guess I got focused on the 'bust forward' bodice treatment.
Not sure if you can see the white top fabric (I can post a shot if not) but it's that cottony fabric that has little slightly fuzzy raised dots all over it (almost like measles!).....do you know what that fabric is called?

 

[Pinkcoke]

The top fabric sounds like Dotted Swiss
http://vintagefashionguild.org/fabric-resource/dotted-swiss/
and as Barbara said the skirt appears to be pique, in larger scale than typically found on white formal wear. The scale might make it a candidate for Bullseye pique. (mentioned under birdseye pique which is the aforementioned fabric)
http://vintagefashionguild.org/fabric-resource/pique/
I can see the european influence in your dress style, but it's worth remembering the features that make it look like austrian/german traditional dress were in fashion in general in the late 60s to early 70s. (and I can't remember the word for that combined area either, but there is one, that describes what we are both referring to!)

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

I see a peasant style to this dress as well. I agree it looks like a pique, a honeycomb pique.

 

[retro ruth]

I can see the european influence in your dress style, but it's worth remembering the features that make it look like austrian/german traditional dress were in fashion in general in the late 60s to early 70s. (and I can't remember the word for that combined area either, but there is one, that describes what we are both referring to!)

Tyrolean, is that the word you are thinking of?

 

[Pinkcoke]

YES thanks Ruth :D

 

[laurenm]

Aha! Thanks everyone for the help. A german friend of mine called it "Landhausstil" and told me it would be 'a hard sell' to a young German girl! Ha Ha.

 

[Midge]

I remember the whole "Landhausmode" style coming up... last 25 years or so, though dirndl-/traditional clothes inspired fashion has been around a lot longer in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. True, not what young people would generally wear . I would not count this dress among that style though - the Landhausmode-style is more into the traditional fabrics and materials, or at least looking like it. I'd call this a peasant-style dress too, ca. late 60s-early 70s.