"but I did and I didn't. yes, in the DE LD and SE DVD it's got a creamy cast, but its generally agreed on this board that the SE DVD has porked color correction thanks to lucasfilm prior to Lowry getting their hands on it. and the DE LD is very washed out and faded."

And I've used neither. I used the Faces set, which isn't as faded out. Perhaps that would explain why my transfer has better colors than yours. I know that I really had to darken down my first transfer made with the Def. Col. In fact, looking at your transfer, Leia's face looks a little too pasty-white, and her hair is light brown.

"so my point is, in the sources we have, it appears creamy yes, ( ie I agree with you on how it looks in commercially available video sources), but those are sources we can't totally trust regards colour value."

But we know it's a see-through dress, and therefore cannot be completely white.

"in some scenes, it's blue, in others a gray blue."

Then you need to pick one. That being said, Leia's shoulder can be seen through her dress in my transfer, so it can't be completely white.

"I think the amount of 'skin' showing through the fabric on the DVD is a color correction issue."

Why don't you wait until I send you a screencap of that scene on my transfer?

"looking at other sources doesn't remotely show the dress as being as gauzy as the SE DVD"

Have you looked at the Faces set?