Blue Bijoux Dress with Vintage Lace

The Bijoux is a dress which does not have a traditional yoke, but, rather, drops from the shoulders. This particular dress has been adjusted to have a small lace yoke. I made this dress for Easter in 2009. The dress needed to be lengthened so I detached the old skirt from the yoke and lace band and made a new, longer skirt. The wonderful thing about a Bijoux is that the yoke is unstructured and can grow with a child longer than your basic yoke. The lace on this dress is old and incredible exquisite. It is light, airy, and soft to the touch, unlike our new laces which contain synthetic fibers. Another feature that is different about this dress is that it does not have sleeves. Instead, it has sleeve ruffles. Each sleeve ruffle takes a yard of lace to make.

Sewn for Sarah Howard Stone, Inc.

 

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