tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148301208915043821.post5327498396021382216..comments2024-03-28T03:18:55.278-04:00Comments on All The Pretty Dresses: WHITE House of Worth Edwardian DressIsabellahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01420037377392425312noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148301208915043821.post-76911443395946678522014-03-19T00:04:27.096-04:002014-03-19T00:04:27.096-04:00look where the material is the furthest out - it&#...look where the material is the furthest out - it's not where you would typically see with a bustle era dress. This dress has the most material "going back" near the mid thigh, not the bum area. You can tell the material is being forced to do that too. Isabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01420037377392425312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148301208915043821.post-87532004645131494902014-03-19T00:00:19.048-04:002014-03-19T00:00:19.048-04:00Yeah, I wondered about that later -- whether the s...Yeah, I wondered about that later -- whether the seller just put it on the mannequin wrong to create that shape. The s-curve would bring the behind up, but it shouldn't look as rounded as that. Of course, a seller can just arrange the material for the photo wherever they feel, I guess!Monsoon Rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00999328889578835210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148301208915043821.post-41043955630546997042014-03-18T07:58:37.165-04:002014-03-18T07:58:37.165-04:00There isn't a bustle. What you see in the fir...There isn't a bustle. What you see in the first picture is actually the seller poofing out the skirt incorrectly because the dress is on an incorrect dress form. I talk about the s-curve corset in other posts where it forced the bum out - just as it would with this dress, hence the extra material in the back. But it's not a bustle, it's just a poor display. Isabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01420037377392425312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-148301208915043821.post-19849195984007484082014-03-18T01:30:03.104-04:002014-03-18T01:30:03.104-04:00I'd date it to the late 1880s from the bustle....I'd date it to the late 1880s from the bustle. But I agree that the waist and neckline styling, if not the sleeves, look early 1900s. Very strange. Still, look at the side view; I don't see how there'd be a bustle like that in the early 1900s (or 1890s.) And that would explain the front opening and heavy brocade, which seems very 1880s. I'm wondering if a little research would turn up similar bodices in the late 1880s ... perhaps with Aesthetic Dress influence. I haven't done it, but that'd be my guess. Monsoon Rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00999328889578835210noreply@blogger.com