1960s Pink Chenille & Metallic Dress designer-geoffrey-beene I love the simplicity of

I love the simplicity of this dress due to it being constructed out of a black silk but having fairly simple lines

Whenever you can document exactly when a piece was produced it makes it that much more special

Modern Sizing equivalent: SML A smaller girl could wear it and it would drape through the body

Lined through the bodice with a matching color silk organza and the skirt is lined with a cotton muslin in the same color

It also serves as a contract against the shape of the lower skirt

1960s Pink Chenille & Metallic Dress designer-geoffrey-beene I love the simplicity ofIn person this dress literally glows as if lit from within. The effect of the gold thread worked through the kitten soft chenille velvet it breathtaking. This piece issurprisingly light, far lighter then you would think at first glance because the base is a silk chiffon that allows it stunning drape and airiness. Pinks in various shades of the softest possible glossed chenille are applied onto the silk chiffon and then eyelash gold lame worked in