1960s Black Silk Sequin Front Geoffrey Beene Dress 1920s and Antique Washable polyester fabric

Washable polyester fabric

Fully lined in hand set cream silk and closes with a back hidden set

Constructed of a light weight grey wool is is deceptively simple at first glance - just a simple A-line

Lightly boned through the bodice with a muslin inner bodice piece that has boning running through it

Item# DD722

1960s Black Silk Sequin Front Geoffrey Beene Dress 1920s and Antique Washable polyester fabricThis dress is a wonderful and early example of Geoffrey Beene's work and to me completely sums up the Beene aesthetic his pieces are often best when he kept them to a simple cut that had unexpected details. Here the bold use of graphic lines done in perfect little rows of rhinestones create a high impact statement in the simplest of ways. The cut of the black silk dress is long and lean and the fine silk used gives the dress a nice lightness and