1960s Chiffon & Lame Dress designer-donald-brooks Made of a stunning combination

Made of a stunning combination of navy and a cornflower blue screened onto a white silk jersey

I love when silk taffeta is used for these extravagantly shaped dresses - it adds the weight it needs to hold the shape and so retains the intended cut and fullness

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the rest of the dress is unlined

They are the perfect mod touch

1960s Chiffon & Lame Dress designer-donald-brooks Made of a stunning combinationThis dress is one of those little vintage mysteries. My client insists its from the forties but I think its a little later but perhaps parts of its construction were both based on and taken from original forties bts. The side zip is definitely older and the placement of the zipper then is probably what led to the confusion. I think it is the result of a dressmaker who just happened to a) like the old techniques and b) has an extra zipper in her basket