ISABELLA

Vintage 1930's Isabella is a Silk Satin and Chantilly Lace Wedding Gown with a Cathedral length, Chantilly Lace train.

THE FRONT
Isabella is a Chantilly Lace and Silk Satin gown that has a bodice and sleeves made entirely from Chantilly Lace over a Silk Satin under bodice.

The neck of this gown is a high v with collar that stands up at the back using wiring. The edges of the collar to the front are soft and undulating.

At the waist, a peplum of Chantilly Lace with fine net backing, flows around the dress to the rear and a panel of this Lace and Net flow from the peplum down the front of the skirts to a width of 26" and length of 42" over the creamy Silk Satin skirts. The Peplum, originated in ancient Greece where Greek woman wore the "Peplos" or "loose fitting outer garment, draped in folds". It appeared later around the 1670's 80's in England and was very popular in Elizabethan times. This is not the only design element employed in this gown borrowed from Elizabethan fashions, the wired upstanding collar is the second and the lace panel attached to the front of the skirts is the third. But in this last, where Elizabethan ladies wore an over dress that parted to reveal a panel of lace attached to a fabric insert (in this case, silk satin) the designers of the 30s 40s dispensed with this over dress entirely and the insert (in ours Silk Satin)became the gown itself! At the hemline of this lace panel the Silk Satin skirts emerge, with a trim of Lace. The skirts are full with the seam center front.

THE BACK
The Lace Peplum that falls from the waist at 10" at its shortest continues down the back of the gown to a length of 36" in a V so that when the Bride lifts the train for dancing, this long piece of Net backed Chantilly Lace decorates the Back of the Silk Satin skirts. The Peplum, originated in ancient Greece where Greek woman wore the "Peplos" or "loose fitting outer garment, draped in folds". It appeared later around the 1670's 80's in England and was very popular in Elizabethan times. This is not the only design element employed in this gown borrowed from Elizabethan fashions, the wired upstanding collar is the second and the lace panel attached to the front of the skirts is the third. But in this last, where Elizabethan ladies wore an over dress that parted to reveal a panel of lace attached to a silk satin insert, the designers of the 30s 40s dispensed with this over dress entirely and the Silk Satin insert became the gown itself! Skirt seam center back.
Behind this V of is attached the Cathedral Train of Chantilly Lace with a fine net backing. A hook is present on the waist for bustling up the train by a loop on the train itself.

The gown opens with self covered buttons and loops that run from below the waist up to the high neck collar that is upstanding to the rear in the style of an Elizabethan collar so loved in the 30's and 40's. Sleeves have snap closures.

MEASUREMENTS TAKEN LAID FLAT (Please double for round)

BUST:14 " ACROSS
WAIST: 12" ACCROSS
SHOULDER TO WAIST 19"
HIPS: FREE
SLEEVES, FROM SHOULDERS: 24"
WAIST TO HEM: 53"
BACK INCLUDING TRAIN, FROM WAIST TO HEM 75"
TRAIN LENGTH: 75"

HEADPIECE NOT INCLUDED.

PRICE: €1,500.00