tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148301208915043821.post3054182176382614647..comments2024-03-18T07:40:17.958-04:00Comments on All The Pretty Dresses: Sheer American Civil War Era DressIsabellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01420037377392425312noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148301208915043821.post-64754848434924809002013-01-30T13:17:32.942-05:002013-01-30T13:17:32.942-05:00There is so much that is just odd about this dress...There is so much that is just odd about this dress. I almost thought 1900's with it given the net and the strange front but the rest of the cut screams mid 1860's. So....Isabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01420037377392425312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148301208915043821.post-51076794799298963082013-01-30T12:31:04.273-05:002013-01-30T12:31:04.273-05:00Carolann Schmitt just said on the Sewing Academy t...Carolann Schmitt just said on the Sewing Academy this week that sometimes mid-century whites were re-fashioned for the turn of the century lingerie dress look. I wonder if that happened to this one, or maybe it was just started to be remodeled. Or worn under another garment. The armholes are something that was usually updated.<br /><br />Either way, aside from that, I agree it's mid-1860s. The skirt isn't a full as I'd otherwise expect for a sheer dress, and those sleeves seem later to me as well. The net is unusual, at least in my experience; I've seen lots of white sheers, including nearly-transparent stuff, but never one that was actually net.<br /><br />I wonder if the back fastening was a remodel.Scene in the Pasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00152966266473265321noreply@blogger.com