Oh, lovely. Any idea where the original source is? I'd love to get a closer look at the embroidery.
(Also, I love how the dress gives a sense of three-dimensional shape, instead of just trying for height and minimizing everything else. Yes, I'm nostalgic for an era I didn't live in.)
Oh, lovely. Any idea where the original source is? I'd love to get a closer look at the embroidery.
ReplyDelete(Also, I love how the dress gives a sense of three-dimensional shape, instead of just trying for height and minimizing everything else. Yes, I'm nostalgic for an era I didn't live in.)
Mel, to look for an answer I typed "butterfly dress 1890s" into Google Image Search and got lots of hits.
ReplyDeleteThis one -
http://the-rustic-victorian.blogspot.com/2010/05/met-fashion-exibition-1890-1940s.html
looks like the same dress, at an exhibit at the Met (last year...)