Formal Dress and Jacket
Dating from: 1950s
Label: no label hand made
Measurements:
Dress
Side seam to side seam across bust: 40" (101.5cm)
Side seam to side seam across waist: 32" (33cm)
Side seam to side seam across hips: 42" (106.5cm)
Length from back neck to waist: 16 3/8" (41.5cm)
Length from back neck to hem: 43 3/8" (110 cm)
Sleeve Length: 10 1/4" 26cm)
Sleeve Opening width: 12” (30 1/2cm)
Width of skirt at hem line: 80 ½” (204.5cm)
Jacket
Side seam to side seam across bust: 42" (106.8cm)
Side seam to side seam across waist: 31" (80cm)
Sleeve Length: 26" (66cm)
Length from back neck to jacket hem: 17" (43cm)
Sleeve Length: 13" (33cm)
A Rock Follies Vintage Size: 14 to 16 dress and Jacket
Please check our size guide for how to take your measurements.
Fabric: A heavy quality weight cotton and linen mix woven jacquard fabric, in a mushroom stone background with a pattern of squares made from cream stone and grey, with pale pink peach acetate lining.
Style: The dress has been carefully made with all the pattern expertly matched up. The bodice has bust and waist darts at the back and front, with a stand collar and short sleeves. The A line skirt has four panels and is slim over the hips falling wider at the hem.
Features: The dress is set of with a matching jacket, which is cut slightly larger to accommodate the dress underneath it, with a wide-open lapel reminiscent of an Edwardian style, waist darts and three beautifully hand worked buttonholes and cover buttons. The jacket is lined in pale pinkie peach lining.
Closure: the dress has a metal zip to the back with two metal hooks and hand sewn eyes. The jacket has three buttons to the centre front.
Ideal to wear for: special events, parties, wedding’s, it is really smart and the subtle colour pallet would look wonderful teamed with pale pinks accessories.
Vintage Condition: Excellent Vintage Condition:
Vintage items are not new they date back to a particular era, some have survived in amazing condition, while others may show some signs of age but we feel they still deserve to make it into our collection.
Therefore, we have listed our items into three Conditions:
Dress and Jacket
No care label as garment is pre 1966 we would recomend Dry cleaning