1950s Bonwit Teller Strapless Black Silk Dress w White Edging & Full Skirt designer-bonwit-teller The color is vivid -

The color is vivid - no wall flowers allowed in this dress

There are loops in the inside top flaps so you could add a chain to it if you wish

It skims over your curves and hugs you in all the right places

shift shaped 1960s silhouette and it is a little unusual because of the fabric

Over this is a trail of gorgeous cream flowers on a vine - these are made of cream sequins and gold bead and the sequins are set angled on their sides so that it is 3 dimensional

1950s Bonwit Teller Strapless Black Silk Dress w White Edging & Full Skirt designer-bonwit-teller The color is vivid -There is just something about a dress made in the 1950s that often no other time period can beat. The attention to detail and level of quality is unmatched. This dress has a Bonwit Teller label but no other label to give us a clue as to who might have made it. It is beautifully made and the lines of it are stunning. The bodice curves up and around the bust with curved boning that have been hand set inside to help form the shape that you see. A slight