1940s Tailored Skirt Suit Raspberry Pink Nipped Waist millinery Embroidery and pulled thread work

Embroidery and pulled thread work

Blouse has a lapel collar

early plastic brooch/pin of a googly eye/moving eye duck with the likeness of Beatrix Potter's Jemima Puddle-Duck character

High fashion in the Art Deco style

Light stain at waist from belt buckle

1940s Tailored Skirt Suit Raspberry Pink Nipped Waist millinery Embroidery and pulled thread workGorgeous, hand tailored skirt suit in muted raspberry pink with black trim, from the late 1940s early 50s. Constructed of a silk blend, with rayon trim; this suit is unlined. Collarless bodice has long, dolman sleeves; front hip pockets; scalloped bottom hem; nipped waist; black curly q trim; (4) hook eye closures at front. Triangular shoulder pads; sewn in waist definer. Skirt has a scalloped hem with black curly q trim; zipper and hook eye closure