c 1983-85 Heavily Sequinned Chanel Silk Chiffon Dress designer-joy-stevens Beautiful silk Christian Dior scarf

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

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

I love the capped shoulders and forties feeling cut with its swinging little flared skirt

The condition is superb

I also love that the inside is finished in a contrasting floral - this clash of prints should not work but it does brilliantly

c 1983-85 Heavily Sequinned Chanel Silk Chiffon Dress designer-joy-stevens Beautiful silk Christian Dior scarfThis 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