1940s Junior Guild Original Swing Dress designer-bill-gibb This keeps it very light

This keeps it very light weight and also supple while still allowing it to appear structured

There are a couple of small repairs - tiny - near the top of the zipper

fine metal zipper at the back and MOP buttons on each cuff

It otherwise appears unworn and I suspect it was hung on a too short rod for many years

1940s Junior Guild Original Swing Dress designer-bill-gibb This keeps it very lightI love forties dresses and this little beauty is amazing! It may even be late thirties and the color alone is just outstanding this would have been hand dyed to get it to this color and for it to have survived all this time with no fading is amazing! The color was very hard to capture so I have included a swatch that matches the actual color pretty closely. A lot of well known designers were designing under the Youth Guild label and I wish we could