Amazing 1950s Mde. Etoile Ivory Silk Heavily Hand Beaded Demi Couture Dress w Scoop Back z-archive-1970s The dress is strapless with

The dress is strapless with a built in under garment though the bust

15" to bottom seam

This excerpt from the FDIM Museum explains Sybil Connolly's techniques:

It is also very strong and wearable and appears to have been worn little if at all

It closes with an inner zipper to close the built in boned inner support and then a second hidden set zipper over that to close the exterior dress

Amazing 1950s Mde. Etoile Ivory Silk Heavily Hand Beaded Demi Couture Dress w Scoop Back z-archive-1970s The dress is strapless withA 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