Please help date this dress

[rosaburke1]

Sorry, will be reposting with correct photos.

 

[rosaburke1]

Hello

Please help date this dress and maybe ID the fabric?

I am hoping it is 1950's but I'm not sure about the v drop waist...(more of an 80's thing?).

Could the fabric be Taffetta? Silk? I would describe it as quite lightweight, a fair bit crisp and has a light sheen.

There are no labels.

Thank you.

 

[Circa Vintage Clothing]

Hi Rosa Burke,

It looks like a late '40s to early '50s petticoat to me - probably made of a rayon or acetate taffeta. The black panel at the hem is unusual: I wonder if it's original or was added at some point.

 

[The Vintage Merchant]

the close up shots of four and five almost look like it could be a polished cotton

 

[retro ruth]

The description of 'crisp' is making me think acetate.

 

[poppysvintageclothing]

I am seeing more of a polished cotton too but it's difficult to be sure.
I am sure it would have had a matching bolero jacket.

 

[PersonalPursuits]

The close ups of the fabric and seams remind me of polished cotton as well but hard to be sure.

 

[Better Dresses Vintage]

Looks to me like an underdress or part of a set. I'd have guessed the same age that Nicole suggests.

Taffeta is a weave. Silk is a fiber. Taffeta can be made of silk, or it can be made of any number of other fibers, usually acetate.
So something can be silk satin, silk charmeuse, silk chiffon, silk velvet, silk taffeta, etc.
Likewise velvet can be made of silk, or cotton, or rayon, or a mixture of these.

I can see why people say it looks like polished cotton. It does. But it also looks like it could be silk or a silk/cotton blend.