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Rate the dress: a paisley dressing gown of 1855

Last week you were divided on Anne Miller’s dance routine frock from Easter Parade.  Did you rate it as a dance dress?  As a pretend historic costume?  Most of you loved the stockings, but the reaction to the rest was mixed, balancing out at an unimpressive 5.9 out of 10.  Poor Anne. I usually present outerwear as Rate the Dress options, but since you loved Anne’s stockings so much, it occurred to me, why not present underwear?  Or at least informal wear?  And someone requested an autumn themed Rate the Dress (since it is autumn in NZ), and what is more snuggly and fall-y than a warm, cozy robe for curling up in in front of the fire with an apple and a good book? Something like this perhaps? This cosy wool wrapper from the MFA Boston features warm colours and a paisley inspired pattern.  It may or may not be made from a cheaper Western replica of a Kashmiri shawl.  It’s even paired with paisley embroidered petticoats. Here is a detail of the pattern: …