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In reply to the discussion: Michelle Obama Drops Jaws In A Chainmail Versace Gown At Her Last State Dinner [View all]AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)54. How many yards would it take
Depends on how wide the mail is made. In regular fabric 45" wide it might take 5 to 6 yards. Think at least 2 shoulder to floor lengths plus some extra for drape.
And some mail (mail means chain. so "chain mail" means "chain chain"...but...y'know....) is not woven into a fabric but is actually interlocked metal pieces. I hear some of Giani Versace's designs like this from the 80s (this may be one) weigh a lot.
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Michelle Obama Drops Jaws In A Chainmail Versace Gown At Her Last State Dinner [View all]
Stellar
Oct 2016
OP
Wonderful 1st couple, brilliant inside and beautiful/handsome outside. nm
AmericanActivist
Oct 2016
#2
Something tells me that thousands of women will be looking to buy that dress over the next month.
4lbs
Oct 2016
#6
Best Presidential couple in my lifetime. I liked Jimmy and Rosalynn , too.
The Wielding Truth
Oct 2016
#22
She's absolutely stunning, but I'm feeling such sadness reading all of these "lasts"
catbyte
Oct 2016
#20
As my late mother would say of a woman so glamorous she could make ANYthing look fantastic.
Hekate
Oct 2016
#32
That fabric doesn't photograph well. It is probably much more flattering in person.
Native
Oct 2016
#46
"chainmail" is armor. Don't think for a moment that wasn't intended to represent armor.
SleeplessinSoCal
Oct 2016
#64