Time and water are typically among the greatest enemies of fine fabrics, yet a gown that had been sitting at the bottom of the sea for roughly 400 years was recently found in remarkably good condition.

Time and water are typically among the greatest enemies of fine fabrics, yet a gown that had been sitting at the bottom of the sea for roughly 400 years was recently found in remarkably good condition, reports Smithsonian.com.
Discovered by divers off the coast of Texel Island in the Netherlands, the dress is a fancy one, and thus believed to have been worn by a woman of nobility and perhaps even royalty. 
Though the garment is elaborate, ornamentation such as beading a