Corded lace is the heavy kind - the pattern is outlined in a raised thread rather than woven flat, so the flowers stand off the net and hold their shape instead of collapsing into it.
Every edge here is finished with the lace's own scalloped border rather than a hem: at the cuffs, at the neckline and around the bottom of the skirt. The dress is lined to just above the knee and left unlined below, so the last stretch of the skirt is sheer down to that scalloped edge. The sleeves run full length and the body is cut close.
It is a dress for the kind of occasion that has a dress code, and it reads correctly at every one of them.
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- Corded lace - the pattern outlined in a raised thread so the flowers stand off the net.
- Scalloped self-edges - cuffs, neckline and hem finished with the lace border rather than a hem.
- Lined to above the knee - left unlined below so the skirt reads sheer at the bottom.
- Full-length sleeves - run to the wrist and finish in the same scalloped edge.
- Close-cut body - follows the shape rather than falling straight from the shoulder.
