Fabulous 1960s Extensively Beaded & Sequin Front Zip Red Silk Satin Asian Jacket designer-donald-brooks there are four full layers

there are four full layers of silk used to make up the body of the dress

5" from side seam to side seam

The nipped in waist is made even smaller through the visual V created bu the way the white is set down the front

Reference photos: Jean Shrimpton in Nina Ricci for Harper's Bazaar 1965

The bead work is all 3 dimensional as well so you really get this wonderful sense of texture

Fabulous 1960s Extensively Beaded & Sequin Front Zip Red Silk Satin Asian Jacket designer-donald-brooks there are four full layersThe Western world in the twenties to the sixties had a special fascination with the Far East and this highly influenced the fashion of that time period. Japan and China began to export and sell pieces made specifically for the tourist market that combined classic design elements of those respective cultures with a slight western twist to the cut and colours. You will often see embroidered versions of these come up for sale but these beaded and sequin