It’s Rate the Dress day again!  Every week I feature a historical garment – whether an extant original, or an artistic depiction, and you have your say about its aesthetic merits within the context of its time.  This week we look at a ca. 1910 dress in lavender purple polka dots. Last week:  1720s-40s theatrically-embroidered casaquin For once I was absolutely correct in predicting the reaction to last week’s striking embroidered casaquin.  The white linen and vivid wool embroidered garment flaunted the wearer’s knowledge and sophistication, as well as their ability to afford an incredibly expensive informal garment. Most of you were major fans, but a few of you weren’t having a bar of it.  I strongly suspect the casaquin was just as divisive when it was originally worn. The Total: 8.8 out of 10. Tons of 10s, a few middlings, and one spectacularly bad 2!  And a last-minute comment that was so beautiful that I went and updated the maths, even though I’d already done them, so it could be included in the rating …