Need Help with Era and Material of Dress

[brooke1178]

Hello!
I need help on the era and type of material of this dress. It has NO labels on it. It is a beautiful dark emerald green dress that was very well made. Has a full shirt. Zipper is on the side. Any info would be great. Thank you!!!

 

[Shygarden]

Maybe faille or bengaline?

 

[brooke1178]

Thank you! Faille - thats the word I was thinking of!

 

[Circa Vintage Clothing]

Agree with faille - it's early 1950s.

 

[brooke1178]

Thank you!!! That was easy!

 

[Sky Ranch Vintage]

Yes, faille. I love that fabric. The color is gorgeous. It's reading as more of a forest green on my monitor. Is it emerald in real life? Green is such a nice find in vintage dresses IMHO. Such a fabulous dress

 

[joules]

Rayon faille, I would venture to say. Neat dress!

 

[brooke1178]

thank you! its amazing but the waist is, I swear, 23". Its crazy.

 

[brooke1178]

I could totally be wrong on the color. I am really bad at that. The last 2 pictures depict the color most accurately.

 

[PersonalPursuits]

My monitor shows emerald green in the close ups, very pretty.

 

[mingus107]

23 inch waist?! A tiny tear just rolled down my face. You're breaking my heart, Brooke!

 

[Pinkcoke]

It is possible to expand a dress with that many seams, up to 4/5" on yours from what I can see, but it would be a lot of work. The cost from a seamstress would probably be nearly the same as making a dress from scratch, but I would do it on a dress as gorgeous as that! Also depends on the bust size etc.
I have found dresses from the same period that have been made larger using this technique, as long as the outside colour hasn't changed at all it's very effective.

 

[brooke1178]

I know. How were people so tiny back then? Its amazing.

 

[Linn]

It is a gorgeous dress. People - well some people were smaller back then AND they wore corsets. Anne Fogarty had an 18" waist.

I'm seeing dark green but not as dark as "forest."