Original Edwardian Dress Dyed Purple in the 1970s 1910s creating a relaxed

creating a relaxed

softening beautifully with wear while retaining its structure

Buckle closure functional and intact

over a sheer shirt or bare chest for that iconic seventies look

from which the dress falls into a soft

Original Edwardian Dress Dyed Purple in the 1970s 1910s creating a relaxedA beautiful and unusual Edwardian cotton dress dating to the early 20th century, later hand dyed purple in the 1970s by a woman in Germany who was deeply immersed in the hippie movement and had a particular love for the colour purple. This dress is a wonderful example of how fashion is cyclical, and how historical garments were re imagined, worn and loved again decades later by the counterculture of the 1960s and 1970s. During the hippie era, vintage