DRESS

Description: 1. SUNDRESS - ABOVE DIMENSIONS. TURQUOISE, FLORAL PATTERN, WITH GOLD OUTLINES. HAS 3.0CM STRAPS. HAS A HEART SHAPED NECKLINE. BODICE IS FORMED INTO DIAGONAL FOLDS THAT GO UPWARDS. ONE SIDE OF BODICE CROSSES OVER THE OTHER. BENEATH DIAGONAL FOLDS IS A SINGLE HORIZONTAL FOLD. BELOW THIS POINT, DRESS HAS TWO PLEATS AT CENTER FRONT. SKIRT IS GATHERED ON SIDES AT THE WAISTLINE, AND IS VERY FLARED. BACK HAS A ZIPPER CLOSURE, WITH AN EYE AND HOOK AT THE TOP. TWO LOOPS OF THREAD ON THE WAIST SERVE AS BELT LOOPS. 2. BELT - 80.5CM(L) X 3.2CM(W) FRONT OF BELT IS LINED WITH SAME MATERIAL AS DRESS. BACK OF BELT IS BLACK PATENT LEATHER. BUCKLE IS RECTANGULAR, AND IS ALSO COVERED WITH SAME TURQUOISE FLORAL MATERIAL. BELT HAS FIVE HOLES IN IT. 3. JACKET - 40.0CM(L)X59.5CM(W) BOLERO STYLE JACKET. MADE OF SAME TURQUOISE FLORAL MATERIAL, WITH GOLD HIGHLIGHTS. HAS SHORT SLEEVES, ROUNDED FRONT, AND NO CLOSURES. HAS A SHORT, NARROW COLLAR.

History: DONOR BELIEVES THAT DRESS WAS LIKELY USED AS A HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION OUTFIT, OR BIBLE SCHOOL GRAD OUTFIT. THERE WAS A MENNONITE HIGH SCHOOL AND BIBLE SCHOOL IN NORTH COALDALE IN THE 1950'S AND EARLY '60S. MENNONITE WOMEN WOULD NOT HAVE WORN A STRAPPY DRESS, LIKE THIS, WITHOUT A JACKET TO SUCH FUNCTIONS. DONOR THINKS DRESS WAS HOMEMADE, BUT BELT APPEARS TO BE STORE BOUGHT? DRESS HAS BEEN REMODELLED - A COMMON PRACTICE, THEREBY NOT WASTING ANYTHING, BUT REUSING DRESS IN A DIFFERENT WAY. DONOR THINKS DRESS WAS SHORTENED FROM FLOOR LENGTH, AND JACKET WAS MADE FROM EXTRA MATERIAL. COMMON FOR CLOTHES TO BE PASSED DOWN.