pink dresses with long sleeves Dusty Rose Lace Formal Dress Dusty Rose / 10 SP Drop 2 Light Blue Embellished Cape V neckline with long Size:XL petite

pink dresses with long sleeves Dusty Rose Lace Formal Dress Dusty Rose / 10 SP Drop 2 Light Blue Embellished Cape V neckline with long Size:XL petite

Light Blue Embellished Cape Gown – Shimmi Dresses

The cap sleeves add a touch of femininity, while the button-front detail from bust to hem allows for easy styling and movement

SP Drop 2

Size:XL petite

To learn more about the deadly green dye (and other terrible things people did to themselves in the name of fashion, including crinolines that catch fire), check out Alison Matthews David’s book Fashion Victims: The Dangers of Dress Past and Present (and if you wish I’d stuck to writing about Donegal Tweed, there is a lovely article about Eddie Doherty—one of the last handweavers of Donegal Tweed—in the November/December 2011 issue of Handwoven )

V neckline with long sleeves Length