1920s fashion was very different from the decades earlier in the century. Women were no longer corsetting their bodies into Gibson Girl “S” shapes. Instead, very flat-chested, straight up and down tom boy shapes were a la mode. So what does one do when your 1920s wedding dress is too small to fit on your modern dress form? Why, dress form plastic surgery, of course! This is our genius conservator Bari Falese performing a bust reduction on one of our forms. How did it come out? You’ll have to come see our “Thread of Life” exhibit when it opens on March 11! 1920s vintage inspired garment for cocktail party