Orange cape with black button
Trying out the orange cape with the black button. I really like the proportion of the button. Plus it can easily be changed in the future should something else be a better choice.
Back a year or two ago when I made the reproduction dress (along with Ann Donahue) of the woman who was on the podium at world’s 25 or so years ago…..I had the pleasure of having her actual dress in my hands. It was as if she took it off just the day before. It was in such good condition. The cape was still attached to the dress by the most beautiful brooches. They were pewter with Connemara marble…or at least that is how they appeared to me. This school dress reminds me of the beautiful traditional hand embroidered dress in it’s coloring and style. I can only imagine the pride that the owner of that older dress had when she pinned that cape on her shoulder with those beautiful jewels. I imagine some kind of tradition like that for these school dresses….because I feel like they represent all of the good things about Irish Dance and the pride of wearing a costume that represents one’s school.
Below is a photo I took of that earlier dress and in the upper right hand corner you can just see one of the beautiful cape pins.
Who was the original dancer who wore the dress? It’s lovely, and I’m quite impressed with your reproduction!
The dancer who wore the dress was Judy Sheridan. I don’t know the exact year that she wore it at world’s, but the original dress itself is truly a work of art. I believe it was made by her Mother.