Cheers! I was a teen in the late 1980s when these sweater dresses were so big, but I never ever owned or wore one! I found this long wool beaded dress at a thrift shop months and months ago and had it in the giveaway pile until I realized it would make for a lovely holiday frock to wear for Christmas dinner. I think it cost me $6.99.
Isn't the beadwork lovely? The dress weighs a ton. I'm wearing it here with a vintage velvet elasticized belt.
Unforch, I won't wear this dress again - unless I can figure out how to get the black dye from wearing off on my hands when I'm in the dress. When I washed it for the first time, I noticed there was tons of dye run-off, but I thought a good wash would be the end of it. Alas, my pals around the Christmas table thought I had rather serious bruising on my hands and had a good laugh when I told them it was dye from my dress. Eeps.
Any solutions or tips out there? I hand-washed the dress again, and again, the dye just ran and ran. Is this dress destined for the chuck pile??
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