1950s Silk Beaded Cocktail Black Dress designer-rudi-gernreich It is cut to sit

It is cut to sit fairly flat at the front and then the side and back pouf

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The velvet allows the colors to be as crisp and bright as you would wish them to be and the cut is all 1990s sex

This suit is constructed at a very high level and if it turned out to be a very high end designer I would not be chocked at all

6" from waist to hem

1950s Silk Beaded Cocktail Black Dress designer-rudi-gernreich It is cut to sitI love this very chic, Balenciaga feeling silk 1950s cocktail dress. It is a definite nod to the silhouette most popular in the highest circles of fashion at that time. The bodice is set high above a banded waistline. The shoulders move seamlessly into wide cut above the elbow sleeves. The neckline is rounded and high. The bead work that adorns the neck is fantastic and continues down over the bodice and onto the sleeves. Matte charcoal faux pearls,