UNIM1986.14.1984.3.1 (Ensemble)

Three-piece wedding dress and cape. Fitted bodice with circular skirt. a. Bodice has darting, high round neckline, piping & trim, and handworked buttonholes. Princess seaming with ruching detail in seams. Bow at back bodice waist. Row of ruching around shoulders. Long 2-piece sleeves fitted below elbow. Tucks in armseye give fullness in upper sleeve. Wrist decorative detail matches bottom of skirt. Hem has a braid "dust ruffle". Perspiration pads. V-insert of ruffled aqua taffeta & bottom of sleeve faced with aqua. Lace at wrists.. Edge of bodice front has beige lace. b. Skirt. Fitted, flared, trained. Stays. Tuck all the way around at hip-level, as if to shorten. Waistband replaced with a different material. 4" longer in back; stitched area as if shortened. Could have been worn with a bustle. Velvet lining around hem. Pleat in back concealing 10" placket. c. Cape. Ruching detail down center front and around bottom edge which is shorter in front than in back. Ties at center front. Sketch on catalog sheet. Color: TN,BL

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