Wedding dress - lace ?s etc.

themerchantsofvintage

themerchantsofvintage

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This is Fern's 1957 wedding dress that was later turned into a cocktail dress. Fern was an evening gown model in the late 40s and 50s. The lace is from France and according to Fern (and her mother's dismay) it cost $150.00 a yard.

I would like to know if this is Lille lace, here is a link from the lace identifaction site with a sample of Lille - http://www.kantcentrum.com/Engels/images/groot/rijselg1.jpg
and would you know if this is machine made or hand made?

I'm also a bit puzzled as to how the dress was made. There are no vertical seams and there are scalloped edges at both ends that meet up at the back. As well, the waist seam (shown with my finger pointing) has the lace flowing perfectly from the skirt into the bodice. How did they do that?

And last but not least, there is some staining on the underarm and the crown of the neckline - what would be the best way to clean this?

THANKS!!!









 
One technique for seaming fine lace is to cut around the edges of the pattern and overlap it so there is no visible straight line or interruption to the pattern.

I would trust this only to the very best cleaners.

Hollis
 
Thanks, Hollis! Good seamstresses are like magicians to me - I'm in awe of the workmanship. I guess I'll leave it up to the buyer as far as cleaning as I have had no luck finding a really good cleaner.
 
There is a cleaner who specializes in this sort of thing... they don't use dry-cleaning chemicals, they hand wet wash everything. I forget where they are (New York City?) but pretty much their entire business is by mail anyway. You send them your dress and they do an estimate before doing anything. A web search ought to find them. --Cheri
 
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