Pink floral drop waist dress with belt and fabric scrap

Unidentified · late 1920s

A pink floral drop waist dress (a) with a belt (b) and fabric scrap (c). The dress (a) features a rounded neckline with a scalloped yoke made from two panels of blond lace – one for the front and one for the back. The yoke extends to the armscye, and neckline is edged with pink floral silk. One panel of pink floral silk chiffon makes up the front bodice, which has a U-shaped drop waist. Each sleeve is made from one panel of fabric, sewn to itself at the inner arm and has a single metal snap and a 2.75” vent at each sleeve end. Each sleeve also has a single fin-like extension made from one 9” panel of blond silk bobbin lace.