Victorian Handmade Chantilly Lace Jacket designer-oleg-cassini while the jacket has hidden

while the jacket has hidden hook & eye at the top of the neck

Note that the belt shows some separation from the back leather backing where the glue has let go but presents perfectly from the front

Without it you can see that the base dress is an incredible custom screened cotton in blues and greens with the most insanely sexy cut

This gives the dress an unexpected bit of movement to the otherwise structured silhouette and the choice of fabric is romantic and soft

It is unmistakable

Victorian Handmade Chantilly Lace Jacket designer-oleg-cassini while the jacket has hiddenAn amazing and exceedingly rare, Victorian hand made chantilly lace jacket. The shape is created by the lace making process, not cut out of a piece of cloth in other words it was made deliberately to be this shape as it was meticulously hand made stitch by stitch. It is cut fuller through the back as it would have been made to leave room for a bustle at the back. It is not super fitted so may have been a maternity jacket, or morning coat they were