1948 Wedding Dress
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I have my mother�s wedding dress, which is made out of a silk parachute. After WWII, it was hard to get nice wedding gown fabric, & on a rural farm in upstate Pennsylvania, there was not a lot of money for fancy fabric. My mother/ grandmother was able to get a surplus parachute, & my grandmother was a talented seamstress. I still have one of the quilts & a stuffed toy that she made for me when I was a small child.
On a shopping expedition to the city, my mom saw a dress in a window that she really liked. My grandmother was able to remember & copy it for my parent�s 1948 wedding. In addition to the wedding dress, my grandmother made the bridesmaid�s dresses of the same material.
The dress is a floor-length sleeveless dress with a square neckline. The bertha collar/cape is edged with a gathered lace ruffle & covers the shoulders & joins the front neckline edge with a gathered, mock-knotted pouf in the center front. The darted bodice is lace-covered & comes to a point the center waist. The full 6-gore skirt has a deep hem & is gathered at the waist. Separate long pull on sleeves are made of the same lace as the bodice, are edged with gathered lace & come to a point. A metal side zipper allows my mom to get into the fitted bodice of this dress. The interior handwork is beautiful, & of course, won�t show up in the photography! To the naked eye, there are almost no spots or discolorations, but some discoloration shows up in the photographs.
