1950s Lace & Silk Parnes Feinstein Dress designer-balenciaga I love the classic billowing

I love the classic billowing sleeves and easy feel to it

The silk chiffon is finished with mind boggling tiny stitches and that amazing pointed hem that follows the design in the dress

Fully lined in a custom tie dye silk and closes with a back zipper

Item #DS040

1950s Lace & Silk Parnes Feinstein Dress designer-balenciaga I love the classic billowingThis is a lovely and feminine little strapless dress in a pearl or champagne colored silk with pretty lace details. There was no label in the dress but luckily the matching fabric belt was stamped with its Parnes Feinstein label so the designer of the dress is known. The Feinstein label began in 1948 and I suspect that this dress was made just a few years into that, perhaps in the early fifties. You can see the influence of both the 40s and the "New