talkingpiffle:Fierce bustle about wedding-dress—Worth's—period gown in stiff gold broc
talkingpiffle: Fierce bustle about wedding-dress—Worth's—period gown in stiff gold brocade, long sleeves, square neck, off-the-face head-dress, no jewels except my long ear-rings that belonged to great-aunt Delagardie. (N.B.—Publisher must have come well up to scratch on new book.) –Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman’s Honeymoon, “Prothalamion,” 1937. Image: Worth gold evening gown, 1930s. (x) -- source link