Dress

Item

SFRC Accession Number
en-ca 1-933-12-02681
Title
en-ca Dress
Style Period
en-ca 1930s
en-ca 1933
Design / Construction
en-ca Black and light green floral print dress with jacket. The dress is collarless and sleeveless with a drop waist and bias cut skirt which provides fullness. The bodice of the dress has 5 light green bows down the centre front. The hem is mid-calf. The loose fitting jacket or top is long sleeved and each has a turquoise button fastening the cuff. The jacket ties in front and has the same light green as the bows decorating the dress. The dress also came with a belt of the same print fabric as the dress with a rhinestone buckle decorated with turquoise stone. In addition there is a plain silk slip with faggoting around the bodice and straps worn underneath the dress.
Type of Garment
en-ca Main dress
en-ca Day dress
en-ca Womenswear
Material
en-ca Silk
Colour
en-ca Black
en-ca Green
Donor
en-ca Jim Payne