c 1983-85 Heavily Sequinned Chanel Silk Chiffon Dress designer-joy-stevens 1930s feel black silk satin

1930s feel black silk satin is molded over lightly padded cups and pleated softly under the bust line to balance the bareness of the bodice with a puffed and voluminous skirt

The Museum's said this of it: "Stephen Burrows: When Fashion Danced looks at the period spanning the 1970s when Stephen Burrows’s meteoric rise to fame made him not only the first African-American designer to gain international stature

Black poly chiffon is perma pleated into sharp knife pleats on this little beauty

The dress is fully lined in a dyed to match fine silk and closes with a back painted metal zipper as well as a metal hook and eye combo at the upper back neck

Rarely do they hug a girl's curves in an overt fashion but rather skim over the body in a soft manner that is easy to wear and yet feels avant garde

c 1983-85 Heavily Sequinned Chanel Silk Chiffon Dress designer-joy-stevens 1930s feel black silk satinThis is a very fine Chanel dress that is densely covered with black sequins and beautifully made. Both the interior of the gown and the exterior are made of a fine black silk. Then the black silk chiffon outer layer has a hand embroidered design that runs over its surface and then onto those curving lines are glossy black sequins that have been all hand place and applied to follow the design. It reminds me of soft trailing vines that run in a vertical