1940s Rare Brass Studded Swing Dress Sold Matte charcoal faux pearls

Matte charcoal faux pearls

this is an amazing full skirt from the fifties

Waist: 13-14" flat across the back from side seam to side seam

Courreges spent 11 years as a cutter for Balenciaga before starting his own label and that high standard of tailoring shows in this garment

webbing: in an original twist on this season's ubiquitous combat trend

1940s Rare Brass Studded Swing Dress Sold Matte charcoal faux pearlsThis dress is so fantastic I find it hard to begin and it is almost impossible to find these studded dresses from the 1940s anymore! The cut is simple in that perfect feminine forties kind of way the two tone bodice, simple short sleeves with just a bit of pretty gathering near the cuffs and a swingy A line skirt. But that is where the simplicity ends. Ink black stretch silk crepe has been studded with tiny, fine brass studs that would have been