Can anyone help me find this dress ?

carly · 12 November 2022 at 6:28PM

I'm looking for this dress for age 6 to 7 to replace a much loved outgrown one. It won't be in the shops as it is several years old. I've tried ebay and Facebook without any luck. Can anyone suggest where else I can try. I don't know where it was originally bought.

Savvy_Sue · 12 November 2022 at 6:59PM

No labels in it at all?

I wonder how expensive it would be for a local dressmaker to re-create it, slightly larger? I mean, it obviously wouldn't be identical, and I can't see what's under the fur stole, but it doesn't look inherently complicated.

carly · 12 November 2022 at 7:10PM

What a good idea, I'll sound out a friend who is a keen dressmaker, she may be able to help. Sadly the original has been sent to a charity shop so I can't check out any labels. Thanks.

Savvy_Sue · 12 November 2022 at 7:32PM

carly said:

What a good idea, I'll sound out a friend who is a keen dressmaker, she may be able to help. Sadly the original has been sent to a charity shop so I can't check out any labels. Thanks.

I hope you get something even more stunning!

Worth asking what made the dress so lovely / loved, and what would be important in a successor (not a replacement!). Was it that ribbon with the bow? The sequinned front panel? The swirly net skirt with the ribbon at the bottom? The fur stole? The velvet sleeves?

(I ask because a friend once tried to get a 'spare' comfort toy, for those inevitable wash-days. It turned out that what was most important was the label, which the child used to stroke a lot. Sewing short lengths of ribbon onto a couple of other toys made them most acceptable substitutes ... and it may be that there are one of two features of that dress which would be essential in any successor.)