The fabric is a very soft and lightweight silk. This bodice has the type of sleeves in fashion in the 1890's - think of Charles Dana Gibson's "Gibson Girl." The sleeves were known as "leg-o-mutton" sleeves because they resembled the shape and size of a lamb's hind legs. Characteristically, these sleeves are extremely full and puffy in the shoulder and upper sleeve, begin to taper at the elbow, and end tightly on the lower arm and wrist. The upper sleeves are further emphasized with large satin bows at the shoulders.

Glass beads and pearls trim the edge of the stand-up collar, with the same trim repeated at the waist. But the most dramatic feature of this bodice is the large butterfly made of pearls and glass beads that covers the entire upper half of this lovely dress. This bride would have sparkled on her wedding day!