a look at the cotillion dress

This is the key image of my cotillion dress research for Amanda...Doing the math from the mid-1930s, Amanda's heyday with the gentlemen callers would have been around 1900.  This gorgeous Worth gown really drew me in because of its lace layers.  I would love to see how a dress like this one deteriorates over time: yellows with age, dry rots, hanger dents, etc.

I also like the train on the gown--something beautiful but with the potential for being an "obstacle" for Amanda.

-deb