1960s Gene Shelly Gold Sequin w Paillette Detailing Stretch Knit Dress designer-sonia-rykiel The accent details are stunning

The accent details are stunning loops and swirls of stylised flowers and vines with little floral details scattered about

It is constructed from a heavy silk whose lemon yellow tone has a hint of acid bright to it

going from a soft pale yellow at the top to a deeper hued yellow at the hem

I love the huge ruffled sleeve that poufs out with all its extravagance

This would have been cutting edge to make a dress out of this when this was made

1960s Gene Shelly Gold Sequin w Paillette Detailing Stretch Knit Dress designer-sonia-rykiel The accent details are stunningIn its heyday the Gene Shelly of California label was a must have. Gene Shelly dresses are amazing and they are some of the best of the early sequinned vintage pieces that you can find. All of the sequin work that covers this dress was done by hand in Hong Kong on American manufactured knit. The company would send the stretch wool fabric to be hand beaded or sequinned to Hong Kong. The fabric was then sent back to the US and the dresses were made in