1950s Ceil Chapman Basket Weave Velvet Floral Ribbon Silk Organza Dress designer-lillie-rubin It is also extra special

It is also extra special as a version of it was featured in an issue of British Vogue

Best of all the dated tag gives us the exact year it's from

Each cuff has the same treatment

Item# DD988

with the decidedly Western nod to the great designers that worked with this classic scultural swing silhouette - the Balenciaga's and Dior's

1950s Ceil Chapman Basket Weave Velvet Floral Ribbon Silk Organza Dress designer-lillie-rubin It is also extra specialCeil 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