Iconic Fall 1989 Geoffrey Beene Heavily Documented Backless Jersey Dress designer-geoffrey-beene It slips on and ties

It slips on and ties at the neck

This gives them lots of movement while still showing your curves as the fabric moves against your body in a swish of fabric

This runs down each sleeve with long slim panels of open work embroidery running the length of each sleeve

Look 7 from the runway was a very different dress but did have similar bead work on the skirt so I have included that here as a reference

This is done so that she could put the pleats running horizontally in contrast to the ones underneath

Iconic Fall 1989 Geoffrey Beene Heavily Documented Backless Jersey Dress designer-geoffrey-beene It slips on and tiesThe twin of this Geoffrey Beene dress was showcased in the Met Museum's exhibit 'In America: A Lexicon of Fashiont' and that dress resides in their permanent collection. This was already one of his most iconic dresses and it is now even more so after the exhibit and being included in the accompanying book. The dress is heavily documented and was photoed extensively the year that it debuted. It is an extraordinary dress The cut of the dress is so