20s slip dress

24 hour hold for Melissa.Gorgeous vintage 1920's pale seafoam green silk charmeuse slip dress featuring a metallic gold lace trim hem! Sleeveless with silk ribbon shoulder straps and a shift silhouette. I've shown her with a gold tone coil belt (not included in sale) as I love her with a fitted sil

Antique Vintage 1920s Sheer Beaded Silk Flapper Slip Dress S. A stunning vintage antique slip dress from the 1920s! Sheer and spring-y black silk, squared neckline and wide straps. Heavily beaded with pale blue/clear beads in a grid pattern with large black flowers and medallions done in black beads. Good condition, wear, weakness and shattering at shoulder straps with small holes, very minor bead loss. Has been taken up by sewing a wide band around inside of top. No labels, no closures…

1920s negligee

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Rare and arrestingly beautiful 1920s celadon sheer silk dress with silvery vertical beading, beaded neckline at both the front and back, sheath shape with beaded hip and almond shaped velvet leaves embellishing the skirt. No closures, slips on easily over the head.

Vintage Nightgown Slip Dress, 1930s baby peachy pink silk and lace sheath dress, Bias cut antique gown How amazing is this gown? Soft iridescent peachy pink colored silk with a very fine and soft matching colored lace. Gorgeous bodice of gathered silk in front and panel of lace form the straps and the back. Peekaboo front with the lace insert at the waist. Attached ties at the side to cinch in back. Skirt is bias cut scalloped lace hem. Just stunning. Excellent condition. Rarely find…

This is the one everyone's been waiting for, I think. I've saved bunches of photos for all of you, mostly from Vintage Textile, the Kyoto Costume Institute (they are amazing), and the Life photo archives. I tried to label them so you could tell where they came from, and put dates on the ones who had them. You can find that info by putting your cursor over the photo and looking at the 'name' of it. Things unlabeled are most likely from Vintage Textile... I've got archives going back a decade…

In 2009 I was asked to help judge the Association of Sewing and Design Professionals/Threads Challenge. The challenge that year was all about seams. Judging was blind, meaning that the names of the contestants were removed from the final garments, only numbers were attached. For the judging, we were supposed to have a dressform, but none was available, so guess what!!!, I became the dressform! It was such a great experience and I loved seeing the creativity and ingenuity of the garments. The…

Vintage 1920s soft sage green silk velvet flapper dress // Art Deco // 20s fashion