This dress was made in the 1940s, it has been handmade and has a simple utility style. The cut
and colour of the fabric reminds me of autumn, especially the beautiful leaf shaped neckline.
For a wartime dress the attention detail is immaculate, even the arrow head at the darts has been carefully stitched. Arrow heads were used as decorative strengthening, neatening the awkward corners of garments. I have found the instructions for sewing them in The Big Book of Needlecraft by Annie S. Paterson, 1935:
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