black and rose dress The Rare Wedding 16 A nude body slip underneath keeps the look intact ROSE MAXI DRESS

Pellon is a non-woven paper based synthetic interfacing that was used in the 1950s to stiffen and support dress fabrics

Maxi lengths photograph beautifully and never feel out of place

Guests at the wedding could not understand why, in one photo of the dress being worn by the mother of the bride, the clearly blue and black-striped garment transformed into gold and white

Below : On the left is Margreet who models for Vintage No 5

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Yes, I measured the time because I was curious how long it took back then to sew a dress entirely by hand