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Hot pink polyester Regency style dress with gathered sleeves and bodice.
Empire waist with attached self fabric belt over grossgrain ribbon.
Lining/underlining of cream/off white
embossed polyester shows at hemline and under sleeve ruffles. Pink polyester
satin lining in bodice. Zipper in lining, hook & eye on belt,
lacing on grommet tape under back.
Lei flowers sewn on with pearlized beading. Might have been better to sew the
pink sheer as one dress and the lining as another and then use the pink as an
overlay because both fabrics together made the gathers at the empire waistline
bulky.
Pattern is an amalgamation from Simplicity 9531,
Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion 1 c. 1660-1860 p. 49,
sleeve shape from Katherine Strand Holkeboer's
Patterns for Theatrical Costumes p. 247.
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