Amazing 1950s Mde. Etoile Ivory Silk Heavily Hand Beaded Demi Couture Dress w Scoop Back designer-koos but the graphic lines and

but the graphic lines and loose cut make the stripes an important design element rather than a distraction

Slit: 21" from back hem up

You can see that in the runway photos

Bodice: 15" from top of the bodice to bottom seamSkirt: 36" from bottom seam to hem

The waist nips in and it has fantastic side peplums made of fabric layered atop each other The skirt of the coat is cut to appear fairly straight at the front but all those vertical panels of fabric gradually widen as they near the hem so as soon as you move you get the feeling of fullness and swing

Amazing 1950s Mde. Etoile Ivory Silk Heavily Hand Beaded Demi Couture Dress w Scoop Back designer-koos but the graphic lines andA gorgeous one of a kind dress from a small Atelier in New York from the 1950s. The dress is made to Demi couture levels with extensive hand work. An ivory silk base has been heavily hand beaded to cover the entire dress. At the front the dress has a scooped neck. I love how the edge of neck line follows the shape and pattern of the embellishments. At the back it scoops low so you get a bare expanse of skin showing. This is that classic old Hollywood