#7063 $1,250
Beaded silk organza evening coat, late 1950s
Here is a special find for the vintage collector. The vintage advantage can be found in a one-of-a-kind vintage garment without the high cost of new couture. Vintage provides a wider choice of flattering styles and colors vs. what is on offer from current designers.
The versatile coat can be worn as an evening coat or as a dress. It was made from champagne colored silk organza totally covered with an amazing mix of faux pearls, rhinestones, and silver beads. (The expensive hand work was probably done in Hong Kong.) The coat/dress is lined with matching silk organza and closes in front with a separating metal zipper.
The coat would be fabulous as a wedding accessory; or wear it with skinny black pants. It can be worn closed to the neckline or worn daringly open to the waist. In either case, the provocative silhouette and dazzling decoration will evoke the exotic allure of the East.
Our seductive dress intimates those places where one could luxuriate in pleasure: Port Said, Shanghai, Turkestan, Constantinople—all lands of sad, haunting music, where lust could be a mode of life, where the shades of night skies and sunsets reflected the moods of passion, which had the color of lips and poppies.
The condition is excellent and wearable.
It measures: 36" bust, 30" waist, 38" hip, and 55" from shoulder to hem.
