What does the rest of the gown look like??? (Thats a hint for you to post more pictures :)
Sidney On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Penny Ladnier <pe...@costumegallery.com>wrote: > Lately I have been going to estate sales. Sunday, I went to a sale and > bought a stunning beaded designer evening gown or wedding gown from the > Philippines. The entire gown has gold beads and is accented of large > pearl-like beads. It is heavy...weighing app. 25 lbs. The design house is > Borja of La Paz St. Iloilo has been making wedding gowns for the 100 years. > I tried unsuccessfully to find info on the business online except I did > find the latest designer from the family. I rarely just fall in love with a > dress, but this one stole my heart. I told them what I do with the costumes > and they sold the dress to me for $42. The original asking price was $145. > You can see the gown's beading at: > http://www.costumegallery.com/beadedgown1.jpg . The entire gown has these > beads...the gold beads are metal. I don't know the date of the gown but it > does have a metal zipper down center back. The sleeves are short and in a > bell shape like the 1890s. When I go to the university, I can put it on a > dressform and photograph it properly. > > This weekend I also bought a late 1940s wedding gown with a very long > train, two fur hats/headdresses, three 1930-1940s velvet ladies' hats, a > large lot of beaded costume jewelry (I am taking a jewelry design class and > need the beads), a beautiful mink collar from the 1930s, and a little mink > critter. The critter has everything in tack but the front paws. The dealer > told me that women would place it over one shoulder. If the woman had more > than one critter, she would hook them together and drape them over her > shoulder. About half-way on the my critter's body, there is a small cord > with a satin ball. Is this to connect the critters to one another? > > Penny Ladnier > Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites > www.costumegallery.com > 11 websites of fashion, textiles, costume history > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
