A pink vintage Laura Ashley dress?
April 27, 2012 3:41 PM Subscribe
Help me to identify this (possibly old) Laura Ashley dress.
(To be honest it is only a best guess that it is by Laura Ashley!)
I have tried the company, but without a year or name they can't help. I have tried Google, but no luck. The photo was from an old eBay listing, but I can't find any trace of that either.
A friend has fallen in love with the dress, and I am trying to find a version to buy for her, but am struggling! Maybe you recognise it?
(To be honest it is only a best guess that it is by Laura Ashley!)
I have tried the company, but without a year or name they can't help. I have tried Google, but no luck. The photo was from an old eBay listing, but I can't find any trace of that either.
A friend has fallen in love with the dress, and I am trying to find a version to buy for her, but am struggling! Maybe you recognise it?
A competent dressmaker should be able to duplicate that from the photo, using whatever fabric you choose. Even if you can identify the name of the designer or manufacturer, with a date and style number, that wouldn't necessarily assure that you could find an actual dress. Skip that part and take the photo to someone who sews dresses.
posted by Corvid at 4:49 PM on April 27, 2012
posted by Corvid at 4:49 PM on April 27, 2012
As someone who loved the brand (and wore it as much as my limited budget would allow back in the day), I really don't think that is a Laura Ashley dress. Too much skin and the fabric's wrong. Plus, I just don't remember them ever offering strapless numbers, although I could certainly be mistaken. Their style was almost Amish in cut (albeit in very colorful fabrics). Lots of long skirts, puffed sleeves banded at the elbow, bows that tied in the back, and very conservative necklines, some square, some scalloped. A good example is here: http://www.jannesvintage.com/acatalog/vintage-laura-ashley-floral-tea-dress.html. But I second the person who said any good seamstress should be able to recreate it in whatever fabric you like. Good luck.
posted by Sal Monella at 6:44 PM on April 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by Sal Monella at 6:44 PM on April 27, 2012 [2 favorites]
This looks like it could be a Betsey Johnson dress. Maybe they can help you? And yeah, a good dressmaker should be able to duplicate it.
posted by corey flood at 6:48 PM on April 27, 2012
posted by corey flood at 6:48 PM on April 27, 2012
Also stopped in to say that doesn't look like Laura Ashley to me. Both the fit and fabric pattern don't fit. Laura Ashley was very traditionally British to the very end.
posted by Sweetie Darling at 7:13 PM on April 27, 2012
posted by Sweetie Darling at 7:13 PM on April 27, 2012
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posted by MeiraV at 4:38 PM on April 27, 2012 [5 favorites]