Museum Held 1971 John Kloss Beaded "Black Swan" Dress designer-fred-perlberg This is an incredible dress

This is an incredible dress that would be from when Marc Bohan was head of the Dior atelier

The front has a soft and romantic capelet feel to it with a notched neckline and soft draped fabric that comes out from the waist and drapes over the bust

It is charmingly wonderful

It was as an associate of the group that Jocelyn became curator of the Chromaliving show in 1984

The silk is an almost gunmetal grey

Museum Held 1971 John Kloss Beaded "Black Swan" Dress designer-fred-perlberg This is an incredible dressThe near twin of this dress is held at The Metropolitan Museum which enables us to exactly date it. The difference between the one in The Met's collection and this one is that this one is opaque top to bottom so even though it would have originally been intended as lingerie piece you can easily wear it out as a dress now. I also have found a photo of the exact twin of the dress from the December issue of Vogue that year. The vast majority of John