1950s Ceil Chapman Copper Silk Dress designer-herve-leger Three tiny silk straps suspend

Three tiny silk straps suspend the gown from each shoulder

This gown is constructed to very high standards

Waist: 16-19" flat across from side seam to side seam

to him when he acquired it

1950s Ceil Chapman Copper Silk Dress designer-herve-leger Three tiny silk straps suspendThe fabric of this dress is utterly amazing. A silk brocade has muted copper thread woven into it from top to bottom. The pattern is done so that some areas of the copper or bold, some fine and delicate. This serves to allow the light to catch the threads in different ways so it seems to almost change color and hue as you move turning the wearing into a seemingly liquid molten ripple. The cut is classic fifties with a nipped in waist topping an