If you recall, green dresses are a personal favorite. And this one is up there in my all-time list. I first ran across it when I was doing research into the history of velvet for one of my ThreadTalk subjects and I could not look away. This looks like a magic gown made of moss, and if I wear it, I may find my way to Faerie.
The date on the gown is somewhere between 1885-1888, and it was made in Scotland by Gowan and Strachan, and is from the National Museums Scotland collection.
Velvet gets a bad rep from its egregious overuse in the 1970s, but a dress like this would be made of silk velvet. If you’ve ever been lucky enough to touch it, you’ll know it’s a totally different experience than polyester crap. The way light hits this gown is absolutely ethereal!
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