On Sun 09 Apr 2006 07:20:42a, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it jmcquown?

> I don't know the history of the gown. I can tell you it has a built-in
> corset type bra and dates back to 1940. The oldest gown I have in my
> collection is from 1932; a black silk shot-with silver threads slinky
> gown with a big floppy flower at the raised waistline. All in all, I
> have about 7 gowns/dresses. That doesn't count my 2 custom-made
> reproductions of Civil War era gowns and medieval gowns (3) Alas, I can
> no longer afford to keep up the collecting.

I remember seeing most of your gowns when you posted a link some time ago.
Very impressive collection. I'm glad I collected things I like early on,
because I couldn't afford to do it now either.

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Wayne Boatwright @¿@¬
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