This fabulous day dress was made in the late 1940's or early 1950's.
A home sewn piece it features a button front bodice with vibrant green buttons, has a double collar, neat turn back cuffs and a wonderfully swishy skirt! The fabric is glorious and is beige lightweight cotton with stripes of openwork circles and adorable little bows worked in bright green.
Would look amazing worn with a large sunhat and is just perfect for the summer!
Measurements
The dress will best fit up to a 38-28-42 but to ensure that it will fit you properly, please compare the measurements below to a similar piece you already own;
Flat bust 21"
Flat waist 14.5"
Flat hip 22"
Shoulders between sleeves 15"
Underarm sleeve length 2.75"
Flat cuff 6.5"
Shoulder to waist 17"
Shoulder to hem 46.5" with 1" hem allowance - dropping the hem may leave a mark
Circumference of skirt at hem 100"
Condition
Washed, pressed and ready to wear with the following points to note;
- the dress has been made with fabric which differs, very slightly, in colour. The front skirt is a very slightly different colour to the back and there is slight colour variation with other pieces. It isn't fade because the colour change swaps over on the seams.
- there is some discolouration on the back bodice - the dress has been soaked in Retro Clean twice and lots of discolouration came out but the rest is there to stay
- a 1" circle of discolouration on the right collar
- slight discolouration on the inner collar - I'm assuming it is sun cream because it didn't move when soaked
The colour change is subtle and the dress is still utterly fabulous!