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title and display help required for prom dress!

Discussion in 'PUBLIC Vintage Fashion - Ask Questions Get Answers' started by Hattysattic, Mar 5, 2005.

  1. Hattysattic

    Hattysattic VFG Secretary

    here's a fun one - yes, it really is all different colours like that in a nylon voile i think?

    behind the festoons is a layer of net - i assume to help stiffen it a little as the voile is very soft and drapey- which is actually sewn in to the back of the festoons. the bottom layer is just a type of rayon acetate (again, i think!) but there is no inbuilt crinoline underneath as you might expect.

    anyway, i don't think it was meant to be too full a skirt as the acetate lining is basically more swingy a line than circle. it would however take a full length crinoline, which would then change the shape slightly and make even more wedding cakey.

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    so my question is how would you display it?
    in the above photo i have a seperate crinoline on it that happened to be on the dummy anyway, which comes about halfway down the skirt so makes it stick out just a little (but the skirt is pretty heavy).

    do you think it is meant to hang flatter so not use a seperate net? or should i make it stick out as far as i can and go for a full on floor length crinoline?

    oh yes; back metal zipper, no labels, very definitely home tailored as a little scruffy on the finish inside but still mighty impressive in a mad bo peep meets psychedelia meets bustle skirts (working title not really helping me!) kind of way.. 1950's/early 60's?

    help me i've been listing for hours and am getting a little frazzled
    :wacko:


    thank you !!!
     
  2. Patentleathershoes

    Patentleathershoes VFG Veteran VFG Past President

    What color is the dress, is it white? I assume it is. The affect on my monitor has some underlying pinks and blues that i was wondering if the fabric had a irridescent or reflective quality.

    If it were me, I would show it the way you have it, and then maybe alternate with a pufier picture just so someone could see both options, but wouldn't be tied to the full crinoline look

    Chris
     
  3. Hattysattic

    Hattysattic VFG Secretary

    you're right chris sorry i should have mentioned that too! it has a very pale lilac lining, but the colours of the voile used for the festoons is indeed graduated shades of pale pinky lilacs and blues. i think the lining is slightly reflective as it is pretty shiny.

    here's a pic without the airbrushing, totally unedited. it gets pinker towards the bottom but obviously you can't see that in this one;

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    is it nice, or too o.t.t. ? i can't decide!:puzzled:
     
  4. Patentleathershoes

    Patentleathershoes VFG Veteran VFG Past President

    I love that color effect. You might want to take a close up on part of it against a white background...even just holding up the fabric so folks can tell that it is not all white.

    I think that others may have opinions as well...hop[efully they will chime in
     

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