Return of the Killer Cherry Dress!

So, as I was posting about my last Betsey Johnson find, another one was lurking.  Another brain message and another stop at a resale store in an adjacent neighborhood, here it is:

  

  

The fabric is a burnout, and the slip is missing, but that's nothing I can't remedy with my admittedly obsessive collection of vintage slips.  It's a 30's-inspired bias-cut design, so it accommodates my curves nicely. What are the odds of finding another Betsey Johnson Cherry dress?!  And, it brought friends....

 I'm a sucker for novelty prints.  This appears to be handmade, right down to the mismatched vintage buttons.  If the fabric is a reprint, it's a damn good one- border prints are really uncommon these days.  It took me a minute to see that these are closed umbrellas dripping with rain (or blood, whatever...).  The waistband is a coordinating print of tiny umbrellas and raindrops.

And then there's this...

 Some things make you quit breathing when you find them- asphyxiation by fabulousness.  This is one of those things.  It's all handmade, with couture-quality stitching, no joke.  The major seams are done by machine, and all of the interior finishing- blind-stitched hems, finished edges, are all done by hand and done very well.  Someone either had this made professionally or was very adept at sewing themselves. There are even bound buttonholes and covered buttons. 

 The details on the design itself are great, a split bubble skirt, the knot at the hem, a cropped bolero.  The sketchy vines of yellow roses on sateen gorgeous!  They don't make fabric like this anymore... I wish they did!

More vintagey goodness is on the way!