Dress of brown silk with bright brown fringe; high round neckline; fringe accents on dropped shoulder line and yoke, and on lower portions of long sleeves; boned bodice has concealed hook and eye closures at front; full-length skirt has flat front panel and side back pleats; concealed pocket in right front seam; bodice is backed on brown cotton and skirt is backed on ecru waxed cotton.
a) Dress of navy blue print silk with repeat pattern of abstract soldiers, British flags, and politically charged symbols in pinks, chartreuse, blue, and light grey; bateau neckline; short, puffy sleeves are cut in one with yoke; stitched, horizontal tucks of yoke release fullness at the top of the sleeves; sleeves have two reverse pleats at the sleeve hem, one at front and one at back; mid-length skirt has four sunburst pleated godets, two at front and two at back, at knee level; unlined b) Belt of self-fabric is double-faced and stitched in horizontal stripes; self-silk covered buckle.
Dress of ecru cotton with bright brown pattern of flowers and bricks in vertical stripes: a) Bodice has high, round neckline and long pagoda sleeves with tiered fringe at ends; dropped shoulders; bodice is fitted through the waist and has an A-line to below hip length trimmed in alternating gold and brown fringe; button-front closure with opaque white buttons carved in a woman's head in profile; white portion is encased in gold braided cabochon; boning; backed in muslin. b) Skirt is full length and wide; tightly gathered at waistband; concealed right pocket; ties at side; hook and eyes at side closure.
Dress of brown wool with wide moat neckline and empire waist seam; sleeveless; sheath-style; lined in reddish-brown acetate; center-back zip closure; below-knee length.
Gown of pink silk satin with lace trim casing a thin black ribbon on bodice; square neckline; short puffy sleeves; empire waistline with darts from waist; triangular panel at center-front bodice trimmed in lace cased with black ribbon; long, slight A-line skirt has padded hem and is padded 8" above the hem at tuck; drawstring at center-back empire waistline; bodice is backed in cotton/linen; hook and eye at back neckline.
Dress ensemble of gold silk brocade in a floral lattice pattern with muslin lining; empire length bodice has bateau neckline; upper portion of long sleeves are pleated and fitted; shirring above banded cuffs; center-front pleats radiate to yoke-shoulder; hook and eye fasteners at back; skirt is floor length with all around unpressed pleats.
Dress of ecru silk taffeta wide neckline and short bouffant sleeves; neckline is trimmed in pointed scallops of self-taffeta that fall over the shoulders; back closing of button covered hooks and eyes; band at waist; skirt is pleated at front and cartridge pleated at center-back; 2 padded bands at lower skirt trimmed with applied pointed scallops about 16" above hem of full-length skirt; all hand-made.
