Date: c. 1920s
Origin: Great Britain
Fabric: Silk & lace
Brand: Custom made
A luxurious step in teddy made of silk crêpe and machine lace. The lace trim at the bustline and leg line is intricately appliquéd onto the body with a graphic ‘step’ pattern, with the scallop edge forming the hem. The bottom half of the garment is delicately hand gathered into the waistline. The centre back fastens with shell buttons behind a silk placket and a silk sash at the waist. Silk satin ribbons form the shoulder straps.
The silhouette of this step in is likely from the late 1920s. The bodice is cut as a rectangle with no shaping, in line with the straight cut fashions of the period. The closed gusset is bifurcated, indicating that the garment was likely from the second half of the decade: the earliest closed gusset garments first appeared in the late 1910s and used simple pieces of ribbon to form the gusset.
From the collection of Karolina Laskowska
