Stunning 1950s Little Black Silk Chiffon Ceil Chapman Dress designer-balmain It's always especially lovely when

It's always especially lovely when you can specifically date a piece and finding a Bergdorf's tag inside the seam with the specific date written on it and the client name too - fabulous

Waist: 23" flat across the back from side seam to side seam

Each cuff snaps to close and the feathers are attached

The gold thread used is a real metallic thread and it is woven through the black base with different weaves to create the most wonderful effect and allow the rose pattern to feel like it is raised off the fabric

a new vision of black America that was the hallmark of Ebony and Jet magazines

Stunning 1950s Little Black Silk Chiffon Ceil Chapman Dress designer-balmain It's always especially lovely whenThis is an extraordinary and early black label Ceil Chapman and is really an exceptional example of her earlier pieces. You mostly see the later fitted versions from Ceil for sale out there, the silhouette made famous by Marilyn Monroe, but this is a true and earlier 1950s beauty and is just wonderful. The skirt is very full and made of a three separate layers of silk an opaque silk for the very inner layer topped by two more layers of silk chiffon