1970s Rare Silk & Suede Jean Muir Dress designer-jacques-heim Italian-born Elsa Peretti was a

Italian-born Elsa Peretti was a model and jewelery designer

It slips over the head and has a button at the back of the neck above the keyhole

The deep garnet color is amazing and flattering to most skin tones

She was told this was a tiara that had been used in the Ziegfeld Follies Productions around 1924-25

The front rhinestone detail has a velvet cord running through it that you can tighten or loosen to adjust the waist a touch - its purpose is mainly decorative though -please use the above waist measurement as your guide

1970s Rare Silk & Suede Jean Muir Dress designer-jacques-heim Italian-born Elsa Peretti was aThis dress is stunning! It is an early piece from Jean Muir and incorporates her love of using suede within her designs you often see this in her earlier pieces. It is also extra special as a version of it was featured in an issue of British Vogue! The fabric is an amazing feather light silk chiffon upon which tiny bits of fringed fabric and silver lame thread are applied. The effect is quite fantastic and gives it a nice dimension. The fabric would