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<p>[QUOTE="Northern Lights Lodge, post: 4405206, member: 13464"]Oh what a lot of goodies for a fiver! I think they are indeed all period pieces! Time frames from others appear to be appropriate!</p><p><br /></p><p>I'll comment on the pink one. Your's does look circa 1930. My grandmother's wedding dress was very similar although hers was 1920! One layer of sheer pink. Her's was organdy. It had little 3/4 sleeves and was a slight bell shape skirt (similar to Elen's photo). [ATTACH=full]373093[/ATTACH]Hers had hooks at the back and a fitted bodice and waist.... with a tier of tiny 2" long ruffles (in the same fabric) that were spaced about 6" apart and spanned to the bottom. I'm certain that she had on a silky/satin like bias cut under item... but it wasn't located with the dress. I have the dress. It is in perfect condition - save that it has turned a very pale barely tinted pink. I have some of the original fabric; so I know what color it had been.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cheerio,</p><p>Leslie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Northern Lights Lodge, post: 4405206, member: 13464"]Oh what a lot of goodies for a fiver! I think they are indeed all period pieces! Time frames from others appear to be appropriate! I'll comment on the pink one. Your's does look circa 1930. My grandmother's wedding dress was very similar although hers was 1920! One layer of sheer pink. Her's was organdy. It had little 3/4 sleeves and was a slight bell shape skirt (similar to Elen's photo). [ATTACH=full]373093[/ATTACH]Hers had hooks at the back and a fitted bodice and waist.... with a tier of tiny 2" long ruffles (in the same fabric) that were spaced about 6" apart and spanned to the bottom. I'm certain that she had on a silky/satin like bias cut under item... but it wasn't located with the dress. I have the dress. It is in perfect condition - save that it has turned a very pale barely tinted pink. I have some of the original fabric; so I know what color it had been. Cheerio, Leslie[/QUOTE]
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