1960s Rare Hand Painted George Halley Silk Gown designer-donald-brooks but perfect gown

but perfect gown

milk chocolate color with that amazing gold thread worked through its surface

A version of this has recently been reissued and is all the rage - this is the original and in the rarest and most desirable of all the colors you see it in (normally it is silver or gold or black) - the mod

It is made from a fluid nylon jersey that drapes and moves fabulously

1960s Rare Hand Painted George Halley Silk Gown designer-donald-brooks but perfect gownThis gown is divine and made to couture standards. I love richness and instant impact of the fabric and the elegant cut. I feel that Halley designs always start with the fabric and this fabric is amazing. It is a rich, heavy cream silk with a hand paint design of grapes and flowers running over its surface in a soft, romantic wash of color. Over and through the design runs a layer of silk velvet fused over the pattern and used as an outline to give