And the
fabric turned bright pink when ironed, and cooled to its original blue.
Ahhhhh.... synthetic changeable taffeta!
But research for this is very easy to come by. I did a show that took place in
1957 and in the magazine section of the library there was so much research I
got overwhelmed! I mean, I looked at a couple of years earlier too, and just
from fashion/ teen magazines I could see that in 1957 the waist, where the full
skirts were gathered on, dropped about 2" below the natural waist. This detail
was gone by 1959!
So check out mags in your local library and you will have so much research you
won't know what to do with it! I'm sure, some spring editions will have whole
sections of prom dresses.
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