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The high neck and long sleeves indicate it would have been for a daytime event, but the light coloured silk of the base fabric and the train suggests it was intended for formal indoor wear only

A heel even a low one adds visual structure when the dress doesnt provide it

Eliza Jane Howells Helena design is a gorgeous 20s wedding dress that will twinkle in the cool light while boasting art deco touches aplenty

A fashionable flapper had short sleek hair, a shorter than average shapeless shift dress, a chest as flat as a board, wore makeup and applied it in public, smoked with a long cigarette holder, exposed her limbs, and epitomized the spirit of a reckless rebel who danced the nights away in the Jazz Age