1950s Ceil Chapman Basket Weave Velvet Floral Ribbon Silk Organza Dress designer-moschino It is an extraordinary piece

It is an extraordinary piece and gives a hint of what was to come in the sixties while still maintaining the formality of the fifties

a plain organza one under that and an inner silk layer against the skin

lightly boned corset

The body and skirt of the dress is made of a fine metallic silk lurex

1950s Ceil Chapman Basket Weave Velvet Floral Ribbon Silk Organza Dress designer-moschino It is an extraordinary pieceCeil Chapman was an American designer of classic cocktail and party dresses who successfully took the revered Christian Dior "New Look" haute couture designs that most woman could not even hope to afford and reworked them into designs that American woman could attain. She won the Coty American Fashion Critic's Award in 1945, the John Wanamaker Award, Foley's "Golden Year" Award, and the Strawbridge and Clothier seal of confidence, for creative