The gown is made of a tucked fine fabric, possibly lawn, probably bought as pre-tucked goods, with a tall plain lawn skirt flounce higher in back than in front to add grace to the line, lawn eyelet plastron in the center of the shirtwaist front and sleeve ruffles on the bracelet-length sleeves, and matching applied lace on both shirtwaist and skirt which looks like Schiffli to me
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By stripping out padding and internal structure, you get softer shoulders, a natural drape and something that feels closer to a cardigan than a suit jacket
