A "lingerie" blouse or dress was merely a name used in the late 19th and
early 20th centuries for a sheer white blouse or dress, embroidered
and/or decorated with lace in a way that resembled fancy undergarments.
I've collected a great many of them (I have over 100 lingerie blouses
alone), and this is the only one I've seen with serged seams. However,
unless someone went to the trouble of taking the entire blouse apart and
remaking it, the serging is original.
Fran
Lavolta Press
http://www.lavoltapress.com
Judy Mitchell wrote:
Lloyd Mitchell wrote:
Are you Sure that this dress was not altered some time? Of the
dozens of
dresses I have from this time period, none of them is serged!
perhaps it has to do with the nature of the garment? Katy
described hers as a 'lingerie dress with lace insertion' and Fran has
a 'lingerie blouse' both of which have serged seams, yet Kathleen's
regular dresses are not serged. Sounds like either the 'lingerie'
nature got serged, or different companies were sewing different
methods and the serging was just coming in but not everywhere??
Interesting.
-Judy Mitchell
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