1920s Silk Chiffon Bias Cut Day Dress designer-sybil-connolly Imported lace and silks

Imported lace and silks

Some of the braiding edging detailing has come loose here and there - I have gone over it but I mention this in case I missed a stitch or two

The waist nips in and a small peplum adds to the curved appeal of the set

A bandeau halter with detachable straps tops the pencil cut skirt and is cut so you can wear it strapless or as a halter

The edging inside each sleeve is present but just band of horizontal threading

1920s Silk Chiffon Bias Cut Day Dress designer-sybil-connolly Imported lace and silksThis is yet another piece from that same estate that produced an important Worth cape and the woman who owned these pieces was both wealthy and well travelled. This is a wonderful bias cut, hand screened silk chiffon flapper dress. The color is slightly more vibrant in person but the overall effect is soft and romantic almost dreamy! The piece work to create the skirting in particular is extraordinary it actually used curved seams where the panels are