c 1983-85 Heavily Sequinned Chanel Silk Chiffon Dress designer-joy-stevens It really reminds me of

It really reminds me of the work Treacy Lowe was doing in this same time period and has that feel though it's cut is slightly more structured then the caftan like pieces Lowe was doing

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

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

Beautiful silk Christian Dior scarf in a fabulous combination of burgundy and navy on a white base that features the classic Dior logo as the print

c 1983-85 Heavily Sequinned Chanel Silk Chiffon Dress designer-joy-stevens It really reminds me ofThis 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