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I came across 3 GoldWorm dresses. One looks like a painting and I do believe I see a monkey driving a car. One looks like a film strip, and the last is an animal print. 2 are made of wool and one polyester, but I haven't a clue about dates, although I am leaning to the 60's. The last is a Pauline Trigere and it has a couple teensy-weany issues. Two places small flea bites, well, probably moth but I'm trying to be nice. The belt has faceted milk glass, and oh my, I LOVE IT! Do any of you lovely people know a way to fix these little holes, I am good with a needle. Description help is appreciated on all. :adore: Nadine
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Great dresses!
Re: the moth nibbles, tough call. Where there is one (or two), there are likely to be more, invisible until dry cleaning loosens the moth spit (sorry, gross, I know) that is holding them together. So I think the first thing to do is dry clean so you can be sure that's the extent of the damage. Then you may want to consider paying for reweaving.
 
Originally posted by mags_rags
Great dresses!
Re: the moth nibbles, tough call. Where there is one (or two), there are likely to be more, invisible until dry cleaning loosens the moth spit (sorry, gross, I know) that is holding them together. So I think the first thing to do is dry clean so you can be sure that's the extent of the damage. Then you may want to consider paying for reweaving.
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Thank you, I was afraid of that, dang moth spit!. :lalala: Oh that hurts. LOL
 
Originally posted by poppysvintageclothing
I think the 1st two are most likely from the 1970s. The one that looks like a painting, looks like a venetian gondola scene.

The leopard print one may be from the 80s and the Teal Traina looks like 80s to me as well due to the shoulder lines.
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Thank you. I know some of these dresses were inspired by art, the gondola one is most likely art, but I'm not familiar. I have to agree it is a gondola scene. Can I ask why you called the 80's one a Traina?
 
Great dresses, all! I think the first is 60s; the second, which I'm in love with (!) is 70s; the third, 80s; and the Trigere, late 60s/early 70s. If you determine the Trigere is not moth infested, I think you can mend the nibbles without having to having to have it professionally rewoven. If the areas are small enough, and if you're meticulous with needle & thread, you might try matching the thread, splitting the filaments to match the thickness of the knitted threads, and stitching it up. The weave in the fabric does not look so fine to me that this can't be done, and is not so loose that you would need matching yarns (if you were, e.g., reweaving a tweed wool). If there's enough of the original fabric left, you could mend it like you would lace, by pulling the original loops back together with the matching thread--if the remaining fabric is sturdy. I have a pair of wool-knit slacks I'm going to try this with, and I've had pretty good luck with such repairs in the past. They may not be perfect, but if the area is small enough, they are not noticeable unless one looks for them with magnifying glass....
 
I love that film-strip dress - so cute! 60s I'd say too, but the painted one and the leopard one I would have thought newer too.

The organe one is super - I too would try fixing it myself. Anne, the way you describe it is what my mum has done to fix some of my things when I still living at home. Nobody ever noticed.

Karin
 
Originally posted by vintagebaubles
Great dresses, all! I think the first is 60s; the second, which I'm in love with (!) is 70s; the third, 80s; and the Trigere, late 60s/early 70s. If you determine the Trigere is not moth infested, I think you can mend the nibbles without having to having to have it professionally rewoven. If the areas are small enough, and if you're meticulous with needle & thread, you might try matching the thread, splitting the filaments to match the thickness of the knitted threads, and stitching it up. The weave in the fabric does not look so fine to me that this can't be done, and is not so loose that you would need matching yarns (if you were, e.g., reweaving a tweed wool). If there's enough of the original fabric left, you could mend it like you would lace, by pulling the original loops back together with the matching thread--if the remaining fabric is sturdy. I have a pair of wool-knit slacks I'm going to try this with, and I've had pretty good luck with such repairs in the past. They may not be perfect, but if the area is small enough, they are not noticeable unless one looks for them with magnifying glass....
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I turned the dress inside out and spent the better part of the afternoon pulling teensy threads out under a magnifying glass with a thin needle. I think the holes are small enough for me to repair them. All the dresses, there were actually 15, had been cleaned recently. One just had too many holes to salvage, but all the rest are beautiful. I bought them all from the same lady, she must have been close to 90 years old. Thanks for the dating. I will let everyone know when these go up on eBay. Nadine
 
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