Rate the Dress: Dance off, 18th century style
Last week I showcased a VERY pink, VERY 18th century influenced Worth gown. Some of you were sure it was a fancy dress gown, and some of you were equally sure it wasn’t. Some of you loved it, and some of you thought it was so dreadful it couldn’t possibly be a Worth. Very mixed reactions! The ratings evened out at 6.6 out of 10 – not terrible, but certainly not a glowing commendation of the House of Worth. This week’s Rate the Dress is a dance-off: these two lovely ladies each posed as a dancer in almost the same outfit, but with slightly different details. Your job is to rate each dancer’s outfit, giving each of them a different rating (even if one is, for example, a 6 and the other a 6.5) Which will you find the prettier dancing frock? The first model has the advantage of youth. She paired the dun and pink frock with a lace border around the neck and sleeves, self fabric sleeves, a rose-trimmed hat with matching palest …