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Description: | pale cream, heavy slipper satin wedding dress, with overprinted self coloured large flower design; sleeveless, low round neck with ruched collar which goes over the shoulders to drop low round the back also; gathered centre front, centre back, and on shoulders; the bodice has a U shaped flat panel in front, with the material ruched at the sides, as on collar; below the panel are 5 inverted pleats, stitched for the first 5 or 6 inches and then falling loose to the hem; at the back are 2 inverted pleats to a stitched waistline, from which a central inverted pleat, again firstly stitched, falls to hem; placket at L/h side, fastened with press studs and hooks and eyes; small sashes just below bust at either side, to tie at back (the hem is curved, and to achieve extra flare, 3 triangular piece have been let into the material near the bottom); machine stitched throughout, including hem, except for collar | Subjects: | Costume | Temporal: | 1944 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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