DRESS

Description: 1. DRESS - ABOVE DIMENSIONS. WHITE STRAPLESS GOWN. BODICE AND TOP 1/3 OF SKIRT ARE MADE OF WHITE LACE. BOTTOM 2/3 OF SKIRT IS PLAIN WHITE TULLE. TULLE IS ATTACHED TO LACE IN A LARGE SCALLOPED LINE. UNDERNEATH WHOLE OF SKIRT IS ANOTHER LAYER OF WHITE TULLE. ALL OF DRESS HAS A WHITE SATIN LINING. NECKLINE OF DRESS IS HEART SHAPED, AND TRIMMED WITH WHITE CORD, IN A SWIRL PATTERN. SKIRT IS VERY FULL. LACE AND TULLE ARE COMING APART IN AREAS, ALONG SEAMS. ON BACK LEFT THERE IS A 53CM TEAR THAT GOES FROM LACE OF SKIRT TO THE TULLE. HAS A BACK ZIPPER CLOSURE. 2. JACKET - 77.5CM (COLLAR TO CUFF) X 39.0CM (SHOULDER TO SHOULDER). BOLERO STYLE. MADE OF SAME WHITE LACE AS DRESS. ALL OF JACKET, BUT SLEEVES, ARE LINED WITH WHITE SATIN. HAS LONG SLEEVES, THAT COME TO A POINT AT THE WRISTS. ON INSIDE OF WRISTS ARE THREE WHITE, SATIN COVERED BUTTONS. COLLAR IS TRIMMED WITH SAME WHITE CORD, IN A SWIRL PATTERN, AS DRESS. ROUNDED FRONT HAS NO CLOSURES.

History: DONOR BELIEVES IT WAS LIKELY USED AS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION DRESS OR A BIBLE SCHOOL GRAD OUTFIT. THERE WAS A MENNONITE HIGH SCHOOL AND BIBLE SCHOOL IN NORTH COALDALE IN THE 1950'S AND EARLY '60S. THIS STYLE WAS COMMON FOR SUCH EVENTS. DONOR DOES NOT THINK THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN USED AS A WEDDING GOWN. MENNONITE WOMEN WOULD NOT HAVE WORN A FANCY STRAPLESS DRESS WITHOUT A JACKET FOR SUCH FUNCTIONS.