This wonderfully tattered and incredibly fragile antique dress arrived last week. All the silk is shattered, but beautifully shattered – almost as though it’s transforming itself.
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It always amazes me that you find these fragile yet so full of life and character objects living and breathing their own existence. But then with your magic touch they get a new life that is full of whimsical imagination and play! Bravo!
Oh this dress is so amazing! I love cloth that is falling apart. You are so lucky.
Admiration !
That is gorgeous, as if from a dream! The way you utilize these fabrics is fascinating to me. Funny: living in the South, when I read your subject title I saw “Taters” at first…
I too, love how the gown dissipates…
That would be so beautiful as just a sculptural hanging to watch the shadows of it on the wall.
Where do you find these? I wouldn’t even know where to look.
Kreisk -Taters! That cracked me up. Gerae – I find them all over and searching for them is a huge part of the joy of this for me – I go to antique clothing shows once in a while and fleamarkets all the time. I have a couple dealers I work with and ebay is great – I got this one on ebay.
Xandra – “dissipates” is perfect.
Breathtaking!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful !!!!!!!
Beautiful! I am still captured by the ship on the petticoats image earlier–shipwrecked on frothy shoals. I have a funky metal homemade 2 masted ship that I may shipwreck on a mass of ruffled petticoats shoals I own!
We have a common point………this dress is an exemple. the next week and for 15 comments, I shall say the story of an old dress( 80 years old) the dress is a long project for my daughter, she can read in the dress like in a book the passed time and seing the familial tree. 5 generations of women.
thanks from your blog, I like it and read it every day!Anne
How exquisite….its just so gorgeous!!
It reminds me of how I envisioned Miss Havisham’s wedding-gown to be when I first read, ‘Great Expectations’.
Jane
Beautiful, really beautiful…
It is! It’s “becoming”. What a marvelous piece.
really beautiful; the way it seems to be disappearing into the air below. a dress lost to time.