1930s Bias Cut Silk & Chenille Dress w Amazing Silk Metallic Lame Balloon Sleeves designer-isabelle-allard It slips over the neck

It slips over the neck and then plunges down extremely low to the band at the front waist

It is cut full length with narrow shoulders and meant to sit more fitted to the body through the upper torso

Long ties loop through the plunge at the front neckline and then extend out for several yards

The bodice above the nipped in waist is classic forties with short cap sleeves and a V neck that meets in a soft pleating detail at the center front

An extraordinarily early and collectible dress

1930s Bias Cut Silk & Chenille Dress w Amazing Silk Metallic Lame Balloon Sleeves designer-isabelle-allard It slips over the neckThis is one of a dozen dresses from a single owner collection of beautiful 1930s dresses and I am very pleased to have this small capsule for you. Her collection was lovingly sourced over decades and she has decided that it is time let them back out into the world for others to enjoy. Outstanding designs from this era are increasingly hard to find. Her collection represents some of the best of the era that I have seen in a very long time. Most are in