Prettiest Fall 2006 Chloe Ivory Dress Silk Chiffon Strapless Dress w Sash Waist Detail designer-mary-katrantzou The silk metallic brocade fabric

The silk metallic brocade fabric is amazing - gold threads mix with chocolates and a deep red coral creating whose different finish threads create different textures and weaves so you get a subtle 3D effect and the raised bits become another dimension to the design

The cut is divine with a fitted silhouette and the kind of detailing to the shoulders and neckline that make a vintage lover swoon

Each shoulder has very light padding and each cuff has a hidden set zipper

The dress is suspended from the shoulders by skinny straps in the same silk

Prettiest Fall 2006 Chloe Ivory Dress Silk Chiffon Strapless Dress w Sash Waist Detail designer-mary-katrantzou The silk metallic brocade fabricThis is a very very pretty little dress from the Fall 2006 Chloe collection The dress is strapless and gathered across the bodice in a series of soft gathers that wrap around to the back. Inside there is light boning and structure to hold the dress around you. The waist nips in under that and gathers extend slightly past that just above the top of the hip. Some of the chiffon has been gathered along one side of the waist and then a wide deeper ivory