1920s Colorful Beaded Silk Flapper Dress designer-geoffrey-beene Flat wide pleats are worked

Flat wide pleats are worked into each side and soft rounded pleats sit at the back but the front is left flat - this really keeps it form being overwhelming when worn

Oscar loved this technique during this time period and these pieces always seem to me to have a bit of a mystical eastern allure to them

Skirt: 21" from waist seam to hem

this extravagant full length skirt by Yves Saint Laurent is perfection

It is lovely and highly collectible

1920s Colorful Beaded Silk Flapper Dress designer-geoffrey-beene Flat wide pleats are workedReally wonderful beaded flapper has a stunning and unusual combination of colors. The base is a heavy sueded silk that is remarkably sound. The color is a deep deep navy so deep it is almost black. Onto this is a stunning beaded design. It is made of thousands of tiny glass beads and these are unusual in that they are painted in a variety of colors that have a faint metallic sheen to them. Pinks and bright blues mix with deep olives and coppers. The