Mine's wearing an almost finished (just needs buttons and buttonholes) summer cotton lawn 1918 dress, based on the Armistice Blouse. My "head" is wearing a broad-brimmed hat that I made from scratch, covered with cream colored silk georgette. The crown is a little taller than what we would usually see now, and the silk georgette on the crown is underlined with some cream silk organza that I had to give it a slightly puffy but not limp top. The hat is trimmed with ribbon and two types of feathers. While the dress is a soft green with a cream and brown vine pattern, the Votes For Women sash is bright golden yellow. I'm going to be a middle-aged suffragette with a petition at our next "ghost tour" of our old cemetery next April. Oh, and cream stockings, white gloves (the dress has white cuffs and collar), my grandmother's purse, and a pair of 1930s lace up sensible shoes. I couldn't come up with any good reproduction shoes for the late teens. The two styles that I saw recommended had been discontinued.
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