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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Mom's fall flower dress

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This is a lovely linen dress that has rayon flowers embroidered into the fabric.
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Measurements
bust 37
waist 30
neck to hem 39 1/2 inches

The fabric came embroidered but it is still very lovely to me.
flowers
It is a pretty simple sheath dress but to me that is part of it's charm.  Most of these dresses have a pretty solid metal zipper in them.
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This dress is in perfect condition enough said on that  You can still see the markings from when it was hand made in the lining of the dress.
lininglinign showing marks from construction
It is so cool that so many of mom's dresses have survived what surprises me is that none of these have been worn by her many daughters.  I would have thought they would have pestered her years ago to let them wear them.

Original photo my sisters saw  This dress has already gone to the dry cleaners so that old smell is gone.
fall linen dress
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4 comments:

  1. JocelynWednesday, May 30, 2012 2:52:00 PM

    I think it is safe to say that none of her daughters wore them because none of us new they existed! I've never seen any of these dresses before. It sure would be fun to know the stories behind them.... Why is it you never see things like this until you're not able to ask about them?

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  2. JocelynWednesday, May 30, 2012 2:57:00 PM

    I think it is safe to say none of her daughters wore them because none of us knew they existed! I've never seen any of these dresses before. It would be fun to know the stories behind them. Why is it you never see things like this until you can't ask about them?

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  3. DWednesday, May 30, 2012 4:11:00 PM

    I don't think any of us knew these dresses existed. Wherever they were, they must have been there for quite a while!

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  4. wendy harbaughWednesday, May 30, 2012 4:50:00 PM

    we could ask her siblings they may know something

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