40’s Dress Black White Cotton Gingham Bustle BackThis late 1940s dress in black and white gingham cotton has a fabulous bustle back skirt, constructed using vertical cartridge pleats to gather the skirt fabric. The rest of the dress silhouette keeps it sweet and simple, with a lace trimmed scoop neckline, cap sleeves, and a slightly raised waist seam in front, which curves down in back, to where the bustle pleating starts. The pretty neckline trim has a pattern of bows, adding an extra feminine