1920s Dreamy Silk Chiffon Dress & Capelet designer-bill-tice October 1 1970

October 1 1970

A fine layer of the finest grade silk floats over the body and cascades to the floor

The skirt is cut in one long and lean swoop of silk chiffon

What a gorgeous silk chiffon print dress from Hanae Mori

1920s Dreamy Silk Chiffon Dress & Capelet designer-bill-tice October 1 1970This is a wonderful bias cut, hand screened silk chiffon flapper dress and soft draped capelet jacket, whose overall effect is soft and romantic almost dreamy! The piecework and seaming to create the inset where the skirt joins the bodice is particularly wonderful it is perfectly crossed and angled seams where the panels are inserted to create the shape an extraordinarily hard thing to do with such a fine fabric! A simple sleeveless bodice tops the