Meet Smale, she is a stunning and holy grail rare very early Laura Ashley dream dress, she has the Jacqui Smale for Laura Ashley label, dating late 60s. This beauty is divine, such a rare and unique find and one of those mysterious LA dresses! I have had a couple of the Jacqui Smale dresses in the past, and they always have slight manufacturing differences which I find fascinating. This beauty has a gorgeous off white base tone with brown sprigged floral print, pin tuck bodice, cotton crochet lace trims and a super full skirt wit flounce. She is just truly amazing and one of those pieces to cherish forever..
This girl measures to approx UK size 8/10/12 depending on desired fit
Bust - up to 38"
Waist - 32"
Length - 58.5"
For reference our mannequin, Norma, measures to a UK 6.
She has been freshly laundered and is ready to wear. She can safely be washed at home on a cool setting. She is in good vintage condition, she has a few minor signs of wear. She has a couple of flaws, she did have a really small hole lower skirt, which I have sealed on the inside with interfacing and a light mark lower skirt, both of which are minor, unnoticeable and do not detract, see last two images for more. This has bee reflected in her price and she is otherwise amazing for her age!
This beauty has minimal signs of vintage wear, but please bear in mind that our pieces are true vintage, they’ve been danced in and they have been lived in, so all of our garments will carry your usual signs of vintage wear. Anything that we think is outside of what would class as usual vintage wear, we will state.
